...thy lip? Yet say, how fell that bitter word From lips which streams of sweetness fill, Which naught but drops of honey sip ? Go boldly forth, my simple lay, Whose accents flow with artless ease, Like orient pearls at random strung : Thy notes are sweet, the damsels say ; But oh ! far sweeter, if they...

...thy lip ? Yet say, how fell that bitter word From lips which streams of sweetness fill, Which naught but drops of honey sip? Go boldly forth, my simple lay, Whose accents flow with artless ease, Like Orient pearls at random strung ; Thy notes are sweet, the damsels say, And oh ! far sweeter, if they...

...WILLIAM JONES. 1746-1794. Than all Bocara's vannted gold, Than all the gems of Samarcand. A Persian Go boldly forth, my simple lay, Whose accents flow with artless ease, Like orient pearls at random strung.' iud. 1 The sweet simplicity of the three per cents. — DISEAELI (Ear]...

...poesie do we become • Like God in love and power. — under-nvikers. Festus : Proem. p. J. BAILEY. Go boldly forth, my simple lay, Whose accents flow with artless ease, Like orient pearls at random strung. A Persian Song of Hafiz. SIR w. JONES. One simile that solitary shines...

...sparkling cups delight our eyes, Be gay; and scorn the frowns of age. What cruel answer have I heard! And yet, by heaven, I love thee still: Can aught be...simple lay, Whose accents flow with artless ease, Like orient pearls at random strung: Thy notes are sweet, the damsels say; But O! far sweeter, if they please,...

...sparkling cups delight our eyes, Be gay, and scorn the frowns of age. What cruel answers have I heard ! And yet, by heaven, I love thee still : Can aught be cruel from thy lip ? Yet say, how feel that bitter woid From lips which streams of sweetness fill, Which naught but drops of honey sip...

...well ; No writing lifts exalted man so high As sacred and soul-moving poesy." — Sheffield. Then: "Go boldly forth, my simple lay, Whose accents flow with artless ease, Like orient pearls at random strung." — Sir W. Jones. January, 1908. THE AUTHOB. A CONCORD OF SWEET NOTES...

...thy lips ? Yet say, how fell that bitter word From lips which streams of sweetness fill, Which naught but drops of honey sip ? Go boldly forth, my simple lay, Whose accents flow with artless ease, Like Orient pearls at random strung; Thy notes are sweet, the damsels say, But oh ! far sweeter, if they...

...cruel answer have I heard ? And yet, by Heav'n, I love thee still : Can aught be cruel from thy lips ? Yet say, how fell that bitter word From lips which streams of sweetness fill, Which naught but drops of honey sip ? Go boldly forth, my simple lay, Whose accents flow with artless ease,...

...sparkling cups delight our eyes, Be gay; and scorn the frowns of age. What cruel answer have I heard? And yet, by heaven, I love thee still: Can aught be...simple lay, Whose accents flow with artless ease, Like orient pearls at random strung: Thy notes are sweet, the damsels say; But O ! far sweeter, if they...