Familiar Quotations / A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to / Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature

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SIR WILLIAM JONES.  1746-1794.

Than all Bocara's vaunted gold,

Than all the gems of Samarcand.

A Persian Song of Hafiz.

Go boldly forth, my simple lay,

Whose accents flow with artless ease,

Like orient pearls at random strung.[437:2]

A Persian Song of Hafiz.

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On parent knees, a naked new-born child,