PERSIAN SENTENCES.
A certain king, in pride no doubt, Thus' queried! with a man devout : " Tell me if ever in thy mind' .*• Thy monarch's: name aplace doth find ?" '• Sometimes it does," he said, -fand yeO • ' 'Tis' only when l.G?fl forgefcj" The kings who dwell. with holy men sometimes become so wise 1 , That • through their reverence, love and grace, they enter Paradise : While holy, man who step aside wj th kings and courts to dwell ' ' --•-••- , Have.seeri their good works turned to naught,' and found themselves in holl. The best conserve of roses, when one is fully fed,"' Is tasteless* tame and worthless— no better, than A dry bread ; A'. •' -'■ But after days of fasting, kept upas faith imposes,' The dryest bread becomes ' sweet as conserve of ■ rytpßesj'^Ay-. y]A S-i-A .--■>■ A merclian'b.fftin^d for stinginess -Gave naught to hunger or distress; . . If he had owned the sun, instead 70ftable^ with all dantjes '- . " -HetfeyerWould'hUvgiloosM one ray ■A Oi light until the judgment day. * • ; !A jewel fallen within tliemir»7.7 , Will sparkle still, and still, aspire : ; . ' But* dust although on wings , it fly,- S-Y-^S: : -.-'rlbdnit"Wl»'eivJiJ;ted^.the-skyi.;\.Vv%^'^^
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Clutha Leader, Volume II, Issue 81, 27 January 1876, Page 7
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180PERSIAN SENTENCES. Clutha Leader, Volume II, Issue 81, 27 January 1876, Page 7
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