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The Shah Jehan sat with his much loved wife	A
The Empress Mahal one hot summer day	B
In a cool arbor far from courtly strife	A
Close by the Jumna winding on its way	B
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In silence played they long their game of chess	C
But Jehan's eyes rose oft to Mahal's brow	D
His ardent love he could not well repress	C
Nor tried she was his own rich jewel now	D
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He stayed the game to breathe some words of love	E
And press her lips with lips that knew no guile	F
And felt the thrill and peace like white winged dove	E
Flew down and she repaid with loving smile	F
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Then said What would you do if I should die	G
He paused a moment some bright thought to woo	H
And then in solemn tone made this reply	G
This thing by Allah's help I'll surely do	H
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I'll build upon the spot where we now sit	I
The grandest tomb a woman ever had	J
All sombre tints I deem would be unfit	I
For never have such tints thy bosom clad	J
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Of pure white marble shall its walls be built	K
Adorned with gold and earth's most costly gems	L
Each minaret shall glow like jewelled hilt	K
Sarcophagus surpass kings' diadems	L
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Then to the world it shall the truth proclaim	M
That Moomtaza surpassed all woman kind	N
And I esteemed her more than gold or fame	M
Thus cycles vast will find our names combined	N
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The summer breeze now sighed among the flowers	L
As they play on with solemn thoughts and sweet	O
As running brook passed by the pleasant hours	L
And likewise passed the burning summer heat	O
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And like the fading day the Empress too	H
For scarce a year had passed ere set her sun	P
But Shah Jehan to promise ever true	H
Thought of the tomb his loving wife had won	P
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No common architect would he engage	Q
From far and near he sought with eager heart	R
At last there came one Issa gifted sage	Q
Whose plan pleased the great shah in whole and part	R
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On the same spot where they that day had played	S
The game of chess and he the promise gave	T
The massive stone foundation strong was laid	S
On which would rest a palace o'er her grave	T
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Then Issa disappeared but where none knew	H
Cast in the Jumna stream by foes some thought	U
They dragged the stream nor came the slightest clue	H
And on his fate the oracles were dumb	V
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The years rolled by yet Jehan rested not	W
Tho' hope so long delayed engendered gloom	X
Content to live himself in any cot	W
But no inferior hand must touch her tomb	X
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Seven years had gone when Issa came again	Y
And offered this excuse for his delay	B
The soil is spongy all along this glen	Y
To have it settle I have stayed away	B
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I now can build on base that will not sink	Z
Though pierced the clouds which bend so kindly down	A2
'Twere fit this long delay dost thou not think	Z
So chide me not nor on thy servant frown	A2
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Then on this base as firm as granite rock	B2
He built its walls as fair as falling snow	C2
And built them well nor storm nor earthquake shock	B2
Has moved tho' built two hundred years ago	C2
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For ten long years wrought twenty thousand men	Y
While many thousand carts the marble drew	H
And proud Jehan told o'er his love again	Y
To love so Jacob like the years seemed few	H
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From every part of his domain they brought	U
Rare gems and precious stones of every hue	H
Skilled hands in form of birds and flowers inwrought	U
In snow white walls these gems the building through	H
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The name of God one hundred times save one	P
On the sarcophagus by cunning hand	U
Then lined with gold ere they pronounced it done	P
But then the grandest tomb in any land	U
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By Titans built it seems as mountain high	G
Of pure white marble based on pink sandstone	D2
In length it is a thousand feet well nigh	G
Its width three hundred feet by measure shown	D2
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It seems a temple of the living One	P
Though tomb to hide the dust of Jehan's queen	E2
It serves each purpose well her course was run	P
Returned to God love must the dust ensheen	P
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To many hearts it speaks of God and rest	U
And lifts our thoughts above the things of earth	F2
It teaches us that love will give its best	U
And then regard its gifts of little worth	F2

Joseph Horatio Chant

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