The rose garden of Persia . MoASi rose from a low station, by thebrilliancy of bis genius, to become tbefavoured miastrel of a great king, and tohave ricbes and bonours showered uponbiln. His fame spread far and wide in tbeeast, and be bas been by some pronouncedas inferior to no poet of bis time. It wasat tbe court of Melek Shab, of Ispaban,about tbe middle of tbe eleventb century,, tbat be became celebrated, re-ceived tbe designation of King of Poets andtbe dignity of an Emir. Kbakatii made bimbis model in versification; and so renownedwere bis odes, tbat more tban a bundredpoets en
The rose garden of Persia . MoASi rose from a low station, by thebrilliancy of bis genius, to become tbefavoured miastrel of a great king, and tohave ricbes and bonours showered uponbiln. His fame spread far and wide in tbeeast, and be bas been by some pronouncedas inferior to no poet of bis time. It wasat tbe court of Melek Shab, of Ispaban,about tbe middle of tbe eleventb century,, tbat be became celebrated, re-ceived tbe designation of King of Poets andtbe dignity of an Emir. Kbakatii made bimbis model in versification; and so renownedwere bis odes, tbat more tban a bundredpoets endeavoured to imitate bis style. Moasi was sent by bis patron ©n a missionto Constantinople, and is said to bave re-turned from tbence laden wltb presents ofricb stuffs and a train of camels: be seemto bave been more fortunate tban most ofhis fellow-bards in keeping the favour of 1^-, ?]??. mmw^. MOAPT, KING OV POfeTR. «!> tte prince wlio befriended Kim, for tjliereare no vicissitudes recorded in his life. The Sultan was one evening on the ter-race of his palace looking for the new moon,together with many of his nobles; the royaleyes were the fiist to perceive the appear-ance of the luminary, when he immediatelycommanded his poet to extemporise some-thing on the occasion. Moasi, without hesi-tation, thus exclaimed:— Thou mooDj that gildst the azuresphere. Art thou the fair ones lovely brovy ?Or the rich jewel in her ear, Or the gold hoop of heaven art thou ?Or art thou placed all earth to awe—An arch of triumph for the Shah ? He was attached to the mysticism of theSufis, like almost all the great poets, andhis poems generally breathe th&same spiritwhich animates them. MYSTICAL are both worlds but the sign That presents Almighty Love?What are beautys rays divjne. But thebeamsthatroundHimmovo ?
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