Arabian Poetry: Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: Verses Addressed To His Mistress, Who Had Found Fault With Him For Profusion, by Abu Teman Habib
Arabian Poetry, by W. A. Clouston, [1881]
To spare's the wish of little souls;
The great but gather to bestow:
Yon current don the mountain rolls,
And stagnates in the swamp belay.