Arabian Poetry: Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: On the Caprices of Fortune, By Shems Almaali Cabus, The Dethroned Sultan of Georgia
Arabian Poetry, by W. A. Clouston, [1881]
’Tis not the good, the wise, the brave,
That surest shine, or highest rise:
The feather sports upon the wave,
The pearl in ocean's cavern lies.
Each lesser star that studs the sphere
Sparkles with undiminished light:
Dark and eclipsed alone appear
The Lord of Day, the Queen of Night.