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IV. Book of Contemplation - Firdusi

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Book of Contemplation: Firdusi


FIRDUSI (Speaks).

OH world, with what baseness and guilt thou art rife!

Thou nurtures, trainest, and illest the while.

He only whom Allah doth bless with his smile
Is train'd and is nurtured with riches and life.

1819.


















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