{"collection":"Islam","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/arp/arp068.htm","path":"isl/arp/arp068.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/isl/arp/arp068.htm","text":"HAIL, chastening friend, Adversity! \u2019tis thine The mental ore to temper and refine; To cast in Virtue's mould the yielding heart, And Honour's polish to the mind impart.\nWithout thy wakening touch, thy plastic aid, I'd lain the shapeless mass that Nature made; But formed, great artist, by thy magic hand, I gleam a sword, to conquer and command.","title":"Arabian Poetry: Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: To Adversity, by Abu Menbaa Carawash, Sultan of Mousel","type":"page"}