 | American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines - 1928 - 901 pàgines
...Macao. If— They say the lion and the lizard keep The courts where Jamshyd gloried and drank deep, And Bahram, that great hunter, the wild ass Stamps o'er his head, but cannot break his sleep— —it is perhaps for no other reason than that of pernicious malaria; as to the same source, no doubt,... | |
 | 1909 - 844 pàgines
...is wronging his memory to distort his meaning into some mystical allusion. Again, we have the lines, "And Bahram, that great Hunter — the Wild Ass Stamps o'er his Head, but cannot break his sleep." Here we have a reference to one of the most popular kings of Persia. This monarch, whose title was... | |
 | Omar Khayyam - 1859 - 48 pàgines
...And Bahrain, that great Hunter — the Wild Ass Stamps o'er his Head, and he lies fast asleep. XVIII. I sometimes think that never blows so red The Rose...bled ; That every Hyacinth the Garden wears Dropt in its Lap from some once lovely Head. XIX. And this delightful Herb whose tender Green Fledges the River's... | |
 | John Bruce Norton - 1865 - 394 pàgines
...the hands of comparatively lew readers, has many quaint thoughts upon this subjeet in his Rubdiyat: " I sometimes think that never blows so red The Rose as where some buried Csesar bled; That every hyacinth the garden wears Dropt in its lap from some once lovely head. And... | |
 | Omar Khayyam - 1868 - 56 pàgines
...say the Lion and the Lizard keep The Courts where Jamshyd gloried and drank deep : 10 And Bahrain, that great Hunter — the Wild Ass Stamps o'er his Head, but cannot break his Sleep. The Palace that to Heav'n his pillars threw, And Kings the forehead on his threshold drew — I saw... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1869 - 650 pàgines
...225. 37 " They say the lion and the lizard keep The courts where Jamshy'd gloried and drank deep ; And Bahram, that great hunter, the wild ass Stamps o'er his head, but cannot break his sleep. " The palace that to heaven his pillars threw, And kin<;8 the forehead on his threshold.drew, I saw... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1869 - 650 pàgines
...They say the lion and the lizard keep The courts where Jamshyd gloried and drank deep ; And Banram, that great hunter, the wild ass Stamps o'er his head, but cannot break his sleep. " The palace that to heaven his pillars threw, And kiii'.'s the forehead on his threshold drew, I saw... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale - 1872 - 796 pàgines
...of tho poem are not few. It has a freshness and vigor, such as great works of genius only possess. " I sometimes think that never blows so red The rose, as where some buried Caesnr bled ; That every hyacinth the garden wears Dropped in her lap from some once lovely head. "... | |
 | 1876 - 1022 pàgines
...way. xvm. " They say the lion and the lizard keep The courts where Jamshyd gloried and drank deep ; And Bahram, that great hunter — the wild ass Stamps o'er his head, but cannot break his sloep." The sumptuous character of Oriental imagery lends often colour and charm to Omar's verse. Take... | |
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They say the Lion and the Lizard keep The Courts where Jamshyd gloried and drank deep: And Bahram, that great Hunter— the wild Ass Stamps o'er his Head, but cannot break his sleep. 
