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"Than all Bocara's vaunted gold, Than all the gems of Samarcand."
Sir William Jones / A Persian Song of Hafiz.
A Persian Song of Hafiz.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"Go boldly forth, my simple lay, Whose accents flow with artless ease, Like orient pearls at random strung."
Sir William Jones / A Persian Song of Hafiz.
A Persian Song of Hafiz.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"On parent knees, a naked new-born child, Weeping thou sat'st while all around thee smiled; So live, that sinking in thy last long sleep, Calm thou mayst smile, while all around thee weep."
Sir William Jones / From the Persian.
From the Persian.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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"What constitutes a state? . . . . . . . Men who their duties know, But know their rights, and knowing, dare maintain. . . . . . . . And sovereign law, that state's collected will, O'er thrones and globes elate, Sits empress, crowning good, repressing ill."
Sir William Jones / Ode in Imitation of Alcæus.
Ode in Imitation of Alcæus.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain