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QUATRAIN: ON READING THE LIFE OF HAROUN ER RESHID by MADISON JULIUS CAWEIN

First Line: DOWN ALL THE LANTERNED BAGDAD OF OUR YOUTH
Last Line: A BLOOD-SMEARED HEADSMAN HIDES BEHIND EACH DOOR.
Subject(s): HARUN AR-RADSHID (766-809);

Down all the lanterned Bagdad of our youth
He steals, with golden justice for the poor:
Within his palace -- you shall know the truth! --
A blood-smeared headsman hides behind each door.



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