Do me justice always? Bid my heart—their shrine—

Render back its store of gifts, old looks and words of thine

—Oh, so all unjust—the less deserved, the more divine?

III. SHAH ABBAS

Anyhow, once full Dervish, youngsters came

To gather up his own-words, 'neath a rock

Or else a palm, by pleasant Nishapur.

Said some one, as Ferishtah paused abrupt,

Reading a certain passage from the roll

Wherein is treated of Lord Ali's life: