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periesms.058.2.02.pdf

periesms.058.2.02.pdf

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As he who with attentive ear
awaits the crier’s voice to hear
announced that fasting days expire
So sits Shah with keen desire
His eager eyes incessant roam
Towards the portals of your dome
Gheti afroz said let him come with all possible speed Melech Mahommed instantly returned to the court of the Shah and reported that his presence was [expitched?] anu Shah ordered his drums to beat and trumpets to play and his army to assemble. He then dressed himself in the [sabif?] of a cavalier and ordered his [harsemer?] to blow their bugles
So loud the shrilling bugles play
That hearts of warriors melt away
By brazen drums resounding hoarse
The sun is startled in his course
The Marshals in every street arranged the army numerous as the waves of the ocean and when the whole was compleated the Shah mounted on horseback A poet thus described his steed,
On a course swift and strong
He like a tempest rushed along
Swift as the breeze the fiery horse
Yet smooth as water in its course
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