...burning wound. ' Thrice happy they, the wise contented poor, From lust of" wealth, and dread of deatli secure! They tempt no deserts, and no griefs they...; Peace rules the day where reason rules the mind. He said, and call'd on heaven to bless the day, And back to Schiraz' walls he bent his way. VIRTUE...

...wife, contented poor, From luft of WEALTH, and dread of DEATH, fecure ! They tempt no defarts, ami, no griefs they find ; PEACE rules the day, where REASON rules the mind. ' Sad was the hour, and lucklefs was the day, 1 When firli fromscHiRAz' walls I bent my way ! O haplefs youth ! for me thy...

...Here rocks alone, and tasteless sands are found, And faint and sickly winds for ever howl around. " Sad was the hour, and luckless was the day, " When first from Schiraz' walls I bent my way !" Curst be the gold and silver which persuade Weak men to follow far fatiguing trade ! The lily peace...

...valley's pride, Why think we these less pleasing to behold, Than dreary deserts, if they lead to gold ? " Sad was the hour, and luckless was the day, " When first from Schiraz' walls I ber.t my way !" Oh cease, my fears ! — all frantic as I go, When thought creates unnumber'd scenes...

...melancholy pleasure we echoed the melodious plaint of our fellow-traveler, Hassan, in the desert, — " Sad was the hour, and luckless was the day, When first from Schiraz' walls I hent my way." The air lay lifeless between the hills, as in a seething caldron, with no leaf stirring,...

...Here rocks alone, and tasteless sands, are found ; And faint and sickly winds for ever howl around. " Sad was the hour, and luckless was the day, " When first from Schiraz' walls I bent my way !" Curst be the gold and silver which persuade Weak men to follow far fatiguing trade ! The lily peace...

...desperate sorrow wild, the affrighted man Thrice sigh'd; thrice struck his breast; and thus began i OR, " Sad was the hour, and luckless was the day, " When first from Sri li rax' walls I bent my way !" Ah ! little thought I of the blasting wind, The thirst, or pinching...

...Before them Death with shrieks directs their way> Fills the wild yell, and leads them to their prey. " Sad was the hour, and luckless was the day, " When first from Schiraz' walls I bent my way !" At that dead hour the silent asp shall creep, If aught of rest I find, upon my sleep ; Or some swoln...

...scales around, And wake to anguish with a burning wound. 38 Thrice liappy they, the wise contented poor, From lust of wealth, and dread of death secure! They...; Peace rules the day where reason rules the mind. He said, and call'd on heaven to bless the day, And back to Schiraz' walls he bent his way. VIRTUE...

...scales around, » And wake to anguish with a burning wound. Thrice happy they, the wise contented poor, From lust of wealth, and dread of death secure ! They...find ; Peace rules the day, where reason rules the miud. " Sad was the hour, and luckless was the day, " When first from Schiraz' walls 1 bent my way...