Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Asia: Vols. XXI–XXIII. 1876–79.
The Call to Evening Prayer
By William Rounseville Alger (1822–1905)O
Another tips the solemn dome of yonder mosque.
And now the Muezzin’s call is heard, sonorous clanging
Through thronged bazaar, concealed hareem, and cool kiosk:
“In the Prophet’s name, God is God, and there is no other.”
On roofs, in streets, alone, or close beside his brother,
Each Moslem kneels, his forehead turned towards Mecca’s shrine,
And all the world forgotten in one thought divine.