4G A brief notice of the Persian po$U. [Jan. 



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In the mom when thou puttest aside the tresses that conceal thy face. 

 Thine eye would shame the sleepy Narcissus and thy cheek the tulip. 

 Should the reflection of the shadow even of thy countenance chance to 



fall on the wine cup, the intoxication of that languishing eye would 



inebriate the goblet. 

 Were the sun to gaze in a mirror the image that presented itself would 



not be so dazzling as thine. 



Dakiki. 



Dakiki flourished in the reign of Noah or Null Samani, 

 fourth king of the Samanian dynasty., who commenced to 

 reign A. H. 332. He was commissioned by this monarch 

 to form the ancient historical records of the Persians into a 

 national poem, and had completed a thousand couplets when 

 he was assassinated by one of his own servants. It was part- 

 ly from these materials that the immortal Firdousi arranged 

 the first part of his celebrated epic the Shah-Nameh. 



Dai Shirdzi ( of Shirazj. 



Shirazi was cotemporary with Shah Niamet Allah. : his : 

 Kulliat comprehends nearly forty thousand couplets. 



DanehL 



Daneh is a village tributary to Nishapore; where this post 



