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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=341280" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Treasury</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">THE strange intelligence then reached my ears <br>That in the land of Egypt lived a man, <br>Who, wise of wit, subjected to his scan <br>The dark occurrences of uncome years; <br>He judged the stars, and by the moving spheres <br>And aspects of the heavens unveiled the dim <br>Face of futurity, which then to him <br>Appeared, as clear to us the past appears. <br>A yearning towards this sage inspired my pen <br>And tongue, that instant, with humility <br>Descending from my height of majesty; <br>Such mastery has a strong desire o'er men; <br>My earnest prayers I wrote -- I sent -- with ten <br>My noblest envoys, loaded each apart <br>With gold and silver, which with all my heart <br>I offered him, but the request was vain. <br>With much politeness the wise man replied, <br>&quot;You, sire, are a great king, and I should be <br>Most glad to serve you, but in such a fee <br>Of gold and silver gems I take no sort of pride; <br>Deign, then, yourself to use them; I abide <br>Content in more abundant wealth; and may <br>Your treasures profit you in every way <br>That I can wish, your servant.&quot; I complied; <br>But sent the stateliest of my argosies, <br>Which reached, and from the Alexandrian port <br>Brought safe this cunning master to my court, <br>Who greeted me with all kind courtesies; <br>I knowing well his great abilities, <br>And learning in the movement of the spheres, <br>Have highly honored him these many years, <br>For honor is the birthright of the wise.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Alfonso+X+the+Wise">Alfonso X the Wise</a><div class=q>
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That in the land of Egypt lived a man, 
Who, wise of wit, subjected to his scan 
The dark occurrences of uncome years; 
He judged the stars, and by the moving spheres 
And aspects of the heavens unvei..."></div>
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