The railers chide at thee: I ne'er gainsay, * But stop my ears and dumbly sign them Nay: 'Thou lov'st a slender may,' say they; I say, * 'I've picked her out and cast the rest away:' Enough; when Fate descends she blinds man's eye!"[FN#310]
And as soon as he had finished his poetry and had taken his rest, he rose and walked on little by little, till he entered the city.--And Shahrazad perceived the dawn of day and ceased saying her permitted say.
When it was the Two Hundred and Eighth Night,
She said, It hath reached me, O auspicious King, that as soon as Kamar al-Zaman had finished his poetry and had taken his rest, he arose and entered the city-gate[FN#311] not knowing whither he should wend. He crossed the city from end to end, entering by the land-gate, and ceased not faring on till
