Vox Populi by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow — Read

When Mazarvan the Magician, / Journeyed westward through Cathay, / Nothing heard he but the praises / Of Badoura on his way.

But the lessening rumor ended / When he came to Khaledan, / There the folk were talking only / Of Prince Camaralzaman,

So it happens with the poets: / Every province hath its own; / Camaralzaman is famous / Where Badoura is unknown.