This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1879 edition. Excerpt: ...The Vizier (bringing the telescope).--0 great prince of the kingdom of Persia, look through the telescope on all sides, and see who is the person that is crying, and whence is this great moaning and lamentation that we hear. Shahrbdnu.--After the death of blooming youths no rose or flower must grow; and if ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1879 edition. Excerpt: ...The Vizier (bringing the telescope).--0 great prince of the kingdom of Persia, look through the telescope on all sides, and see who is the person that is crying, and whence is this great moaning and lamentation that we hear. Shahrbdnu.--After the death of blooming youths no rose or flower must grow; and if they should spring up, none must be so unfeeling as to smell their scent. After my royal husband's dethronement, and his princes' fall, I must wear always black garments. 0h! the death of Akbar has rendered me quite insensible. Certainly the blood of Siyawush must begin to boil up. My famous lion-like 'Abbas died after all, and my Isfandiyar was made blind by an arrow. Since my fortune is reversed, I will go all the days of my life from one wilderness to another, from one plain to a similar one. Isfandiyar was the son of Gushtasp, King of Persia. His combat with Eustam, when the latter shot an arrow and blinded the eye of his antagonist, forms the subject of one of the scenes in Firdausi's " Shah Namah."--See Mohl's " Le Livre des Rois," vol. iv. pp. 561 et seq. ed. 1855. The King (looking through the telescope).--0 Wazir, I am looking at that tree yonder. Fix thine eyes, there is some black object sitting down there. It looks like a woman who has scratched her face, and is continually making a noise. Her dress is jet-black like the ringlets of 'Ali Akbar. The Wazir (looking in the same direction).--She is a tall lady, but her stature is somewhat bent, perhaps through adversities. She is a ravisher of hearts, though she seems to have lost her own. The King.--She mourns like a nightingale. She is a drooping rose; her clothes are all rent. I think some dear one belonging to her must have died. The Minister.--Her countenance seems familiar to me....
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