Ten poor men sleep in peace on one straw heap, as Saadi sings, But the immensest empire is too narrow for two kings. (William R. Alger)

Ten poor men sleep in peace on one straw heap, as Saadi sings, But the immensest empire is too narrow for two kings.

William R. Alger

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