“Sir,” said the Prince, “no man, of all my might,

But blindly hastens where I point the way,

Nor is there one so mad to disobey.”

“Now by Mahound,” the Caliph cried, “not I:

Far be it from me your power to deny.

For, as it seems, the greatest man on earth,

A very god, a greater far in worth

Than Mahomet himself art thou; for none

Can do, or shall do, what thyself hast done.”

“Thou speakest truth,” the Prince replied, “and lo!