THE SHAH'S POET LAUREATE.
The following amusing story is told regarding the Shah's relations with his Poet Laureate. On one occo/sio-n the Shah read to him one of his own poems, and asked for his Gpinion. " Even if I deserve your Majesty's anger," said) the candid poet, '"I must say that it is anything but poetry." The Shah, feeling insulted, cried out to those who waited on him : " Take this ass to the stable !" After a little while, becoming calmer, he tried the> poet once more, this time with a, fresh, set of verses. When, he had finished reading, the poet started to go away. "Where are you going?" asked the Shah. " To the stable, your Majesty," was the reply of the poet. This time the Shah enjoyed the joke, and the poet was forgiven.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7587, 22 December 1902, Page 3
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