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periesms.109.2.53.pdf

periesms.109.2.53.pdf

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Gheti Afroz was highly pleased and said If heaven shall grant me thine embrace I fancy it will soon take place The [roseate?] bud of young desire Expands by passions genial fire She then kindly laid her [lip] to his and said Soul of my life I fear for you lest you get intoxicated with my favour* and swerve from the dictates of that profound respect the neglect of which will be equally regretted by both you and me and the nature of this place is such that a man of mortal race cannot safely reside in it. Melech Mahommed without remedy hung down his head and attempted to fortify his resolution by every terrible consideration he could think of and recited the following verse Oft have I dived in ocean’s depths profound Yet heer* this luckless hand one pearl has found Though countless gems in generous ocean [bread] This wayward fate withholds the precious [mud] When the story had proceeded thus far Semen Ruh opened her mouth and said Ha my learned young man did the unhappy lover ever attain the accomplishment of his desire the sheik smiled and [observed] that would appear from the progress of the story when Azar Shah heard this he was delighted