<html xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><body><h1 align="" class="head">Arabia Felix</h1><div class="stanza"><p class="line">EMIR of Heaven, Fatima's gorgeous heir,</p><p class="line" style="text-indent:%">Thou golden-scimitar'd Aldebaran,</p><p class="line">Who, since the million-tented world began,</p><p class="line">Hast journeyed slow through desert night, and there,</p><p class="line">In pilgrimage unhalting, dost repair</p><p class="line">To some celestial Mecca unknown of man--</p><p class="line">Look down from thine eternal caravan</p><p class="line">On earth's dim mosque, with Time's pale minarets fair,</p><p class="line">And shower harmonious influences around</p><p class="line">Yon myriads of Mohammed's faithful ones</p><p class="line">O'er whom this Empire folds a fostering wing,</p><p class="line">That, whensoe'er to their last orisons</p><p class="line">Life's last muezzin calls them, they be found</p><p class="line">Starry with praise from prophet and from king!</p></div></body></html> · Great War