The rose garden of Persia . 144 THE POETS AMBITIOiST. Hghly distinguished. The ambition of Hatifiwas to enter the. lists with his uncle,, bycomposing five poenas, on the same or similarsubjects, with the Khamsah,. of that illus-trious son of song. Opinions are divided asto whether he suooeeded as well as his mas-ter, but his sweetness and pathos are un-equaUe4. However beautiful may be Nlzamis exqui-site-version of the favourite story of Mejnounand Leila, that of Hatifi is confessedly supe-rior. Hatifi died in , 1520, and wasburied in the village of Gardschard. When he was beginning hia gre
The rose garden of Persia . 144 THE POETS AMBITIOiST. Hghly distinguished. The ambition of Hatifiwas to enter the. lists with his uncle,, bycomposing five poenas, on the same or similarsubjects, with the Khamsah,. of that illus-trious son of song. Opinions are divided asto whether he suooeeded as well as his mas-ter, but his sweetness and pathos are un-equaUe4. However beautiful may be Nlzamis exqui-site-version of the favourite story of Mejnounand Leila, that of Hatifi is confessedly supe-rior. Hatifi died in , 1520, and wasburied in the village of Gardschard. When he was beginning hia great poem,he begged his uncle to write the first linefor him; which he did, and^ it containeda prophecy of his nephews future works are Khosrft and Shireen;Heft Manseer; Mejnoun .and Leila;and the Timur- Namah, or Victories ofTimar. The subject of the tale of Mejnoun andLeila is extremely simple, and it is said tobe founded on fact; it is, in fact, but a repe-tition of the oft-repeated truth that— The conise of
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