. The poems of Edwin Arnold .. . t great Soharah, who is queenOf the third planet, hath not eyesAs soft, nor mouth made in such one whom she did wrong, besoughtSentence against her: she had noughtOf plea, but in her dazzling graceStood fearless in the audience-place;Consuming hearts with hot desireBy subtle Beautys searching said Harut, forgetting Heaven, Pardon to such must, sure, be Marut, If thou wilt beLeman of mine, thou shalt go for her love those two contended,Till the false scene was sorely endedWith earthquake, and with lightning flashAnd ro
. The poems of Edwin Arnold .. . t great Soharah, who is queenOf the third planet, hath not eyesAs soft, nor mouth made in such one whom she did wrong, besoughtSentence against her: she had noughtOf plea, but in her dazzling graceStood fearless in the audience-place;Consuming hearts with hot desireBy subtle Beautys searching said Harut, forgetting Heaven, Pardon to such must, sure, be Marut, If thou wilt beLeman of mine, thou shalt go for her love those two contended,Till the false scene was sorely endedWith earthquake, and with lightning flashAnd rolling thunders wrathful crash,Midst which the city and the folkPassed from their ken, and a Voice spoke _Come unto judgment, ye who calledAllah too merciful! AppalledHarut lay and Marut lay proneIn Paradise, before the Throne;Hearing that doom of God, which said:Until My trumpet calls the dead,Dwell on the earth, where ye have learnedThe just may unto sin be turned. Merciful One and just! we blessThy name, and crave PEARLS OF THE FAITH. 197 Say Ar-Raheem! call Him CompassionateFor He is pitiful to small and great. Tis written that the serving-angels stand Beside Gods throne, ten myriads on each hand, Waiting, with wings outstretched and watchful eyes. To do their Masters heavenly embassies. Quicker than thought His high commands they read, Swifter than light to execute them speed; Bearing the word of power from star to star Some hither and some thither, near and far. And unto these nought is too high or low, Too mean or mighty, if He wills it so; Neither is any creature, great or small, Beyond His pity, which embraceth all, Because His eye beholdeth all which are; Sees without search, and counteth without care. Nor lies the babe nearer the nursing-place Than Allahs smallest child to Allahs grace; Nor any ocean rolls so vast that He Forgets one wave of all that restless sea. Thus it is written; and moreover told How Gabriel, watching by the Gates of go
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