In this situation were ALMORAN and HAMET, when OMAR entered the
apartment. OMAR, upon whose head the hand of time became heavy, had from
his youth acquainted himself with wisdom: to him nature had revealed
herself in the silence of the night, when his lamp was burning alone,
and his eyes only were open: to him was known the power of the Seal of
Solomon; and to him the knowlege of things invisible had been revealed.
Nor was the virtue of OMAR inferior to his knowlege; his heart was a
fountain of good, which though it flowed through innumerable streams was
never dry: yet was the virtue of OMAR cloathed with humility; and he was
still pressing nearer to perfection, by a devotion which though elevated
was rational, and though regular was warm. From the council of OMAR,
Solyman had derived glory and strength; and to him he had committed the
education of his children.
When he entered the apartment, the croud, touched at once with reverence
and love, drew back; every eye was cast downward, and every tongue was
silent. The full of days approached the king, and kneeling before him he
put into his hand a sealed paper: the king received it with impatience,
seeing it superscribed with the hand of his father; and OMAR looking
round, and perceiving HAMET, beckoned him to come forward.
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