Hafez: Learn meekness from the shell in ocean’s bed And pearls on one who wounds thy head bestow.

Learn meekness from the shell in ocean’s bed And pearls on one who wounds thy he — Hafez

Learn meekness from the shell in ocean’s bed And pearls on one who wounds thy head bestow.

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