{"collection":"Islam","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/arp/arp085.htm","path":"isl/arp/arp085.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/isl/arp/arp085.htm","text":"Arabian Poetry, by W. A. Clouston, [1881]\nAs Death upon his hand turns o\u2019er\n \u00a0\u00a0The different gems the world displays,\n He seizes first, to swell his store,\n \u00a0\u00a0The brightest jewel he surveys.\nThy name, by every breath conveyed,\n \u00a0\u00a0Stretched o\u2019er the globe its boundless flight;\n Alas! in eve the length\u2019ning shade\n \u00a0\u00a0But lengthens to be lost in night!\nIf gracious Allah bade thee close\n \u00a0\u00a0Thy youthful eyes so soon on day,\n \u2019Tis that he readiest welcomes those\n \u00a0\u00a0Who love him best, and best obey.","title":"Arabian Poetry: Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: On the Early Death of Abu Alhassan Ali, by Camal Eddin Ben Alnabit","type":"page"}