A Legend of Old Persia and Other Poems

A LEGEND OF OLD PERSIA AND OTHER POEMS.
A. B. S. TENNYSON.
LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN. 1912.
TO C. T.
Of the poems in this volume Adeimantus and The Hermit and the Faun first appeared in The Contemporary Review, and The Song of Snorro in The Spectator. They are republished here by kind permission of the Editors.
FANTASIES.
Altruism: A Legend of Old Persia.
In the flowery land of Persia
Long ago, as poets tell,
Where three rivers met together
Did a happy people dwell.
Never did these happy people