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The Sháh ceased counsel, and The Sage began.
‘Oh last new vintage of the Vine of Life
‘Planted in Paradise; Oh Master-stroke,
‘And all-concluding flourish of the Pen
‘Kun fa yakún; Thyself prime Archetype,
‘And ultimate Accomplishment of Man!
‘The Almighty hand, that out of common earth
‘Thy mortal outward to the perfect form
‘Of Beauty moulded, in the fleeting dust
‘Inscribed Himself, and in thy bosom set
‘A mirror to reflect Himself in Thee.
‘Let not that dust by rebel passion blown
‘Obliterate that character: nor let
‘That Mirror, sullied by the breath impure,
‘Or form of carnal beauty fore-possest,
‘Be made incapable of the Divine.
‘Supreme is thine Original degree,
‘Thy Star upon the top of Heaven; but Lust
‘Will bring it down, down even to the Dust!’
‘Oh last new vintage of the Vine of Life
‘Planted in Paradise; Oh Master-stroke,
‘And all-concluding flourish of the Pen
‘Kun fa yakún; Thyself prime Archetype,
‘And ultimate Accomplishment of Man!
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‘Thy mortal outward to the perfect form
‘Of Beauty moulded, in the fleeting dust
‘Inscribed Himself, and in thy bosom set
‘A mirror to reflect Himself in Thee.
‘Let not that dust by rebel passion blown
‘Obliterate that character: nor let
‘That Mirror, sullied by the breath impure,
‘Or form of carnal beauty fore-possest,
‘Be made incapable of the Divine.
‘Supreme is thine Original degree,
‘Thy Star upon the top of Heaven; but Lust
‘Will bring it down, down even to the Dust!’
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