And with its all obliterated Tongue
It murmur’d—“Gently, Brother, gently, pray!”
Lastly the Potter shows in the Kasidah of Hají Abdú al-Yezdi (p. 4):—
“The first of pots the Potter made by Chrysorrhoas’ blue-green wave;
Methinks I see him smile to see what guerdon to the world he gave.”
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES
- Added “13. SHAHRAZAD AND SHAHRYAR 359” to the Contents on p. [xi].
- Added missing footnote anchors on p. [94], [151], [260], and [313].
- Changed “promted” to “prompted” on p. [250]
- Silently corrected simple spelling, grammar, and typographical errors.
- Retained anachronistic and non-standard spellings as printed.
- Footnotes have been re-indexed using numbers and collected together at the end of the last chapter.