. The library of historic characters and famous events of all nations and all ages;. owed to tlie divine Jaffar. Bring nie the man ! the calif cried.—The manWas brought, was gazed upon. The unites IxganTo Ijind liis arms. Welcome, brave cords ! cried he ;From bonds far worse Jaffar delivered me ; 42 HISTORIC CHARACTERS AND FAMOUS EVENTS. From wants, from shames, from loveless household fears;Made a mans eyes friends with delicious tears;Restored me, loved me, put me on a parWith his great self.—How can I pay Jafifar? Haroun, who felt that on a soul like this The mightiest vengeance could but f
. The library of historic characters and famous events of all nations and all ages;. owed to tlie divine Jaffar. Bring nie the man ! the calif cried.—The manWas brought, was gazed upon. The unites IxganTo Ijind liis arms. Welcome, brave cords ! cried he ;From bonds far worse Jaffar delivered me ; 42 HISTORIC CHARACTERS AND FAMOUS EVENTS. From wants, from shames, from loveless household fears;Made a mans eyes friends with delicious tears;Restored me, loved me, put me on a parWith his great self.—How can I pay Jafifar? Haroun, who felt that on a soul like this The mightiest vengeance could but fall amiss. Now deigned to smile, as one great lord of fate Might smile upon another half as great. And said : Let worth grow frenzied, if it will; The califs judgment shall be master still. Go; and, since gifts thus move thee, take this gem, The richest in the Tartars diadem. And hold the giver as thou deemest fit. Gifts ! cried the friend. He took, and, holding itHigh toward the heaven, as though to meet his star,Exclaimed, This, too, I owe to thee, Jaffar ! —lyEiGH
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