The Diwan of Abu'l-Ala

Excerpt

Now the book is finished, so far as I shall finish it.  There is,
my friend, but this one page to write.  And, more than probably,
this is the page of all the book that I shall never wish to blot. 
Increasing wisdom or, at any rate, experience will make me frown,
I promise you, some time or other at a large proportion of the
pages of this volume.  But when I look upon your name I hear a
troop of memories, and in their singing is my happiness.