 SWEET maid, if thou would'st charm my sight, And bid these arms thy neck infold ; That rosy cheek, that lily hand, • Would give thy poet more delight Than all Bocara's vaunted gold, Than all the gems of Samarcand.  The English Anthology ... - Page 294edited by - 1794 - 334 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1800 - 578 pages
...wonldft charm my fight, J And bid-thefe arms thy neck infold; • That rofy cheek, that lily hapd, Would give thy poet more delight Than all Bocara's...penfive heart be glad, Whate'er the frowning zealots fays Tell them, their £d«n cannot fliow , A ftream fo clear, as Rocoabad, A bow'r ia l\vcct as Mofclby.... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - English literature - 1771 - 506 pages
...Afiatick numbers are capable of as regular a melody as any air in Metaftafio.' A Perfian Song. * Sweet maid, if thou would'ft charm my fight, And bid thefe...all Bocara's vaunted gold, ' Than all the gems of fiamarcand. ' Boy, let yon * liquid ruby flow, • And bid thy penfive heart be glad, Whate'er the... | |
 | William Jones - English poetry - 1772 - 248 pages
...jafper takes his flight, And bounds and blazes in eternal light. * * A PERSIAN SONG OF HAFI Z. SWEET maid, if thou wouldft charm my fight, And bid thefe...Bocara's vaunted gold, Than all the gems of Samarcand. GAZE L. an Turki Shirazi Bedcfl ared dili mara, Be khali hinduifli bakhflicm aamarcand u Bokharara.... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1773 - 590 pages
...rapt'rous tales In other meadows, and in other vales. ; A PERSIAIJ SONG of HAFIZ ; from tbe/ame. SWEET maid, if thou wouldft charm my fight, And bid thefe...Bocara's vaunted gold, .. •: . . Than all the gems of Saraarcjmd. 7 ?,ov. Boy, let yon liquid ruby flow, , And bid thy penfive heart be glad, Whate'er the... | |
 | William Jones - English poetry - 1777 - 242 pages
...his flight; And bounds and blazes in eternal light. ^^ ^K ^ X * A PERA PERSIAN SONG OF HAFI Z. SWEET maid, if thou would'ft charm my fight, And bid thefe...Bocara's vaunted gold, Than all the gems of Samarcand. GAZE L. T~> GHER an Turki Shirazi 4— ' Bedeft ared dili mara, Be khali hinduilh bakhfliem Samarcand... | |
 | Thomas Evans - Ballads, English - 1784 - 354 pages
...; But harveft crowns bis toil. XLIIf. A XLIII. A PERSIAN SONG of HAFIZ. By Sir William Jones. SWEET maid, if thou would'ft charm my fight, And bid thefe...liquid ruby flow. And bid thy penfive heart be glad, Whate'cr the frowning zealots fay : Tell them, their Eden cannot (how A ftream fo clear as Rocnabad,... | |
 | Thomas Evans - Ballads, English - 1784 - 358 pages
...; But harveft crowns his toil. XLIII. A XLIII. A PERSIAN SONG of HAFIZ. By Sir William Jones. SWEET maid, if thou would'ft charm my fight, And bid thefe...Than all Bocara's vaunted gold, Than all the gems of Samarkand. Boy, let yon liquid ruby ftow, And bid thy penfive heart be glad, Whate'er the frowning... | |
 | English essays - 1784 - 552 pages
...SONG, " Tranflated by SIR WILLIAM JONES. " SWEETrruid, ifthou woulll charm my fight, And bid thcfe arms thy neck infold; That rofy cheek, that lily hand....Bocara's vaunted gold, Than all the gems of Samarcand» Hoy, let yon * liquid ruby flow, Ana bid thy pcnlive heart be glad. Whate'er the frowning zealots fay,... | |
 | 1786 - 588 pages
...give tliy poet more delight, f Thaa all Bccara's vaunted gold. Than all the gems of Samarcand. Bey, let yon liquid ruby * flow, And bid thy penfive heart be glad. Whate'erthe frowning zealots lay, Tell them their Eden cannot (hew A ft ream To clear as Rcenibad,... | |
 | 1787 - 652 pages
...own verfes together with thole of his predeceflbr. Sir W. Jones's tranflation runs thus — " Sweet maid, if thou wouldft charm my fight, And bid thefe...liquid ruby flow, And bid thy penfive heart be glad, * A mtlted ruly is a common periphrasis for wine in Perfian poetry. Whate'er the frowning zealots fay;... | |
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