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BEN-YUSEF.
O FRIEND! this simple tale I would impart:—The wise Ben-Yusef, of the lowly heart,
Dream'd that his son was pierced by Azrael's dart.
In vain El Hakim came, with leech's craft,—
No mortal hand could pluck the fatal shaft!
But, lo! as Yusef sorrowing looked above,
A voice said, “Father!” in low tones of love;
While, clothed in robes of gold and azure dyes,
His Selim smiled on him with lustrous eyes.
“O joy!” cried Yusef—“Selim hath not died!
“Allah be praised! the arrow glanced aside!”
“Thou sayest sooth!” the radiant shape replied—
“To deem that Azrael conquered was not well;
“For he thou lovest lives—'twas Death that fell!”
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