ARABIA Far are the shades of Arabia, Where the Princes ride at noon, 'Mid the verdurous vales and thickets, Under the ghost of the moon; And so dark is that vaulted purple Flowers in the forest rise And toss into blossom 'gainst the phantom stars Pale in the noonday skies.

Arabia, and Mecca as typical of Arabia, is a country governed by earth's primal forces.

Arabia in that sense is a Mussulman trust, not purely Arabian.