Aeternam Osman's Dream
"I dreamt of a dream
I saw a goodly tree sprang forth from my bosom, and grew in beauty and in strength until the embracing verdure of its branches canopied the horizon
Under its shade stood four mountains, and from its roots gushed four rivers that gurgled through lush valleys glittering with stately cities, with domes, pyramids and towers
The Crescent shone on their summits, and from their galleries sounded the Muezzin's call, whose echoing prayers swirled around beneath the living roof of the all-ovеrarching tree
Suddenly there arosе a mighty wind, and turned the points of the sword shaped leaves towards the city of Constantinople; Placed at the junction of two seas and two continents, like a diamond set between two sapphires and two emeralds, to form the most precious stone in a ring of universal empire!"
