Tales of Wonder Every Child Should Know. Various
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Tales of Wonder Every Child Should Know
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4057664162816
Table of Contents
The Watch-tower Between Earth and Heaven [5]
The Jackal, the Barber and the Brahmin
The Princes Fire-flash and Fire-fade
I WONDER!
I wonder if in Samarcand
Grave camels kneel in golden sand,
Still lading bales of magic spells
And charms a lover's wisdom tells,
To fare across the desert main
And bring the Princess home again—
I wonder!
I wonder in Japan to-day
If grateful beasts find out the way
To those who succoured them in pain,
And bring their blessings back again;
If cranes and sparrows take the shape
And all the ways of mortals ape—
I wonder!
In Bagdad, may there still be found
That potent powder, finely ground,
Which changes all who on it feast,
Monarch or slave, to bird or beast?
Do Caliphs taste and unafraid,
Turn