Ten poor men sleep in peace on one straw heap, as Saadi sin… - William Rounseville Alger

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Ten poor men sleep in peace on one straw heap, as Saadi sings,
But the immensest empire is too narrow for two kings.

William Rounseville Alger

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About William Rounseville Alger

William Rounseville Alger (1822-1905) was a Unitarian minister and author whose writings were important to the development of comparative religious studies. His works included The Poetry of the East (1856) and A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life (1860).

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Alternative Names: William R. Alger • W. R. Alger • William Alger

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God's mills grind slow,
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A gray eye is a sly eye, And roguish is a brown one;
Turn full upon me thy eye,— Ah, how its wavelets drown one!
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Which flashes like a spark-sun! A black eye is the best one.

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Ten poor men sleep in peace on one straw heap, as Saadi sings, But the immensest empire is too narrow for two kings. - William Rounseville Alger

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