Chapter 21 No.21

No strength of Hand, no strength of Foot have I,

To reach the restful Heaven of Thy Throne;

Yet can my soul's eyes gaze upon the Sky

And finding dream there, dream the Truth mine own

Even while wearied by its ceaseless Strife

I watch the Shuttle in the Loom of Life.

--Nizami.

That self-same dawn Akbar the King sate alone, as he