 | Joseph Dennie, John Elihu Hall - Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1801 - 674 pages
...piece will not be an unacceptable present. Yours, Sec. A PERSIAN SONG. JC Sweet maid, if thou wculdst charm my sight, And bid these arms thy neck infold; That rosy check, that lily hand Would give thy poet more delight Than all Bukhara's vaunted gold, Than all the... | |
 | British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...comes— ah! no: the sound they heard Was but a whisper of the breeae. A PERSIAN SONG OF HAFI2. oWEET maid, if thou wouldst charm my sight, ^ And bid these...Would give thy poet more delight Than all Bocara's vannted gold, Than all the gems of Samarcand. Boy ! let yon liquid ruby flow, And bid thy pensive heart... | |
 | History - 1809 - 574 pages
...SWEET; m»ia, if thou wouldft charm my fight, And bid thefe arms thy neck infold; * That rofy cheek i that lily hand, Would give thy poet more delight Than all Bocara's vaunted gold, Than ail the gems of Saroarcand.. Boy, let yon liquid ruby flow, And bid thy penfive heart be glad, Whate'er... | |
 | John Aikin - Ballads, English - 1810 - 386 pages
...soon grow bright With borrow'd light, And shine as he goes round. FROM THE PERSIAN, [SIa W. JONES.] SWEET maid, if thou would'st charm my sight, And bid...poet more delight Than all Bocara's vaunted gold, Boy ! let yon liquid ruby flow, And bid thy pensive heart be glad, Whate'er the frowning zealots say... | |
 | John Aikin - Ballads, English - 1810 - 414 pages
...grow bright With borrow'd light, And shine as he goes round. FROM THE PERSIAN, [SIR W. JONES.] IJWEET maid, if thou would'st charm -my sight, And bid these...poet more delight Than all Bocara's vaunted gold, Boy ! let yon liquid ruby flow, And bid thy pensive heart be glad, Whate'er the frowning zealots say... | |
 | Walter Scott - English poetry - 1810 - 308 pages
...cares and fears shall cease, And Delia bless a love so true. LXXII. SONG FROM HAFIZ. SIR W. JONES. SWEET maid, if thou wouldst charm my sight, And bid these arms thy neck enfold ; That rosy cheek, that lily hand, Would give thy poet more delight Than all Bocara's vaunted... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...ofllnfii. SIR WILLIAM JONES. SWEET maid, if thou wouldstchann my sight And bid thrse arms thy neck enfold ; That rosy cheek, that lily hand, Would give thy poet...Bocara's vaunted gold, Than all the gems of Samarcand. A stream so clear as Rocnabail, A bower so sweet as Mosellay. ) ! when these fair, perfidious maids,... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 466 pages
...ffaVTtt IfyifafGU auiaf / At'aOril ; 'A^w fi.il yap Kuxi SiJf ILIAD, xiv. 729. A PERSIAN SONG OF HAFIZ. SWEET maid, if thou would'st charm my sight, And bid...poet more delight Than all Bocara's vaunted gold, Boy, let yon liquid ruby flow, And bid thy pensive heart be glad, Whate'er the frowning zealots say... | |
 | English poetry - 1822 - 418 pages
...SIR WILLIAM JONES. SWEET Maid, if thou would'st charm toy sight, And bid these arms thy neck enfold, That rosy cheek, that lily hand, Would give thy poet more delight, Than nil Bokhara's vaunted gold, Than all the gems of Samarcand. Boy, let yon liquid ruby flow, And bid... | |
 | Barry Cornwall - Poets, English - 1824 - 132 pages
...Damsels of Cardigan" is pretty, and his well known translation from Hafiz is replete with grace. " Sweet maid, if thou would'st charm my sight, And bid these arms thy neck infold ; 102 SAMUEL BISHOP. That rosy cheek, that lily hand, Would give thy poet more delight Than all Bocara's... | |
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Sweet maid, if thou wouldst 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. 
