The Shaving of Shagpat; An Arabian Entertainment — Complete
The Shaving of Shagpat; An Arabian Entertainment — Complete
Meredith George
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So the wisdom ofthe King was applauded, and men wotted he knew how to punish offences incoin, by the punishment inflicted on Khipil the builder. Before that timehis affairs had languished, and the currents of business instead offlowing had become stagnant pools. It was the fashion to do as didKhipil, and fancy the tongue a constructor rather than a commentator; andthere is a doom upon that people and that man which runneth to seed ingabble, as the poet says in his wisdom: If thou wouldst be fam...ous, and rich in splendid fruits, Leave to bloom the flower of things, and dig among the roots. Truly after Khipil's punishment there were few in the dominions ofShahpesh who sought to win the honours bestowed by him on gabblers andidlers: as again the poet: When to loquacious fools with patience rare I listen, I have thoughts of Khipil's chair: His bath, his nosegay, and his fount I see, -- Himself stretch'd out as a pomegranate-tree. And that I am not Shahpesh I regret, So to inmesh the babbler in his net.
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