Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 edition. Excerpt: ... They soar like arrows to heaven's highest throne; They stand twin graces ever side by side, And like an anchor is the steady foot, Holding in heaven the white moon's argosy. XI The Shah Provides A Teacher For His Daughter Rose As in daytime does the moon appear, In beauty tender, yet but half revealed, So did the father see his daughter's face Grow fair, and thanked his God by day and night. He watched her beauty with an anxious eye, And prayed it might to full perfection come. And brought a teacher, who might lead his child Along the path where knowledge could be plucked. He wrote upon a book of pages old As flame the precious lore which she should scan. Into her hand he placed the precious book; It was a new adventure for the Rose. And from the ancient tutor she began To read the lines of learning's alphabet. Page after page the volume was explored, But all was dull and comfortless to her. She learned the history of Gulistan, She learned by heart the annals of Bostan, It soon had mastered all Vaharistan, She read the booke of history in Divan, Yet full of grace, her mind by no means dull, She had no skill in writing prose or verse. XII Morning And Evening In The Rose Garden Upon a morning when the glittering ray Flooded the meadow green where bloomed the Rose, And when the sun upon the world's high throne Showed the Rose the radiance of his orb, The sun saw joyfully that his daughter dear Was in her freshest beauty full bedecked. He knew that she was worthy happiness, That she was worthy of her princely lot. Another was sovereign of a realm that brought Quiet and happiness throughout the world, His castle was a fortress green in hue, Green was the hue of its foundation stones; Inside was decked with high magnificence, There tulip beds...