John quoted Hassan by James Elroy Flecker (The Drama library)
ISHAK: We travel not for trafficking alone; By hotter winds our fiery hearts are fanned: For lust of knowing what should not be known, We take the Golden Road to Samarkand.
— Hassan by James Elroy Flecker (The Drama library) (Page 122)
Ishak is poet and companion to the Caliph of Baghdad, and is leaving the city in the company of Hassan and other members of the caravan.