| Arthur Quiller-Couch, comp. The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse. 1922. | | | | The World: A Ghazel | | By James Clarence Mangan (1803–1849) |
| | | TÒ this khan, and from this khan | |
| How many pilgrims came and went too! | |
| In this khan, and by this khan | |
| What arts were spent, what hearts were rent too! | |
| To this khan and from this khan | 5 |
| (Which, for penance, man is sent to) | |
| Many a van and caravan | |
| Crowded came, and shrouded went too. | |
| Christian man and Mussulman, | |
| Guebre, heathen, Jew, and Gentoo, | 10 |
| To this khan, and from this khan, | |
| Weeping came, and sleeping went too. | |
| A riddle this since time began, | |
| Which many a sage his mind hath bent to: | |
| All came, all went; but never man | 15 |
| Knew whence they came, or where they went to! | | | | |
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