The rose garden of Persia . {1/ *—rJ^~-. 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 bu
The rose garden of Persia . {1/ *—rJ^~-. 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^-, ?]??
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