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The Mesnavi and The Acts of the Adepts: The Book of the M...

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A second Jewish king, descendant of the first, To persecute the Christians showed hate's fiercest thirst. If information's sought about this wicked king, That chapter of the Qur’ān read: "Heaven's Girdle-Ring." 1 A sorry rite it was the first had introduced; With cruel zeal this wicked rite the last abused. The introducer of a rule that tends to ill, Draws on his head deep curses, morn and even, still.

The Mesnavi and The Acts of the Adepts: The Book of the M...

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