One day, Haroun Al Raschid read <br />A book wherein the poet said:-- <br /> <br />"Where are the kings, and where the rest <br />Of those who once the world possessed? <br /> <br />"They're gone with all their pomp and show, <br />They're gone the way that thou shalt go. <br /> <br />"O thou who choosest for thy share <br />The world, and what the world calls fair, <br /> <br />"Take all that it can give or lend, <br />But know that death is at the end!" <br /> <br />Haroun Al Raschid bowed his head: <br />Tears fell upon the page he read.<br /><br />Henry Wadsworth Longfellow<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/haroun-al-raschid/
