The rose garden of Persia . {X ,g ! i -4-8° ?. ^<^\ i»- s^^mmm^^^ w* THE GREAT WOR^K. A liundred^^ arms were weak oneblock to move Of thousands, moulded by the hand ofLove Into fantastic shapes and forms ofgrace, Which crowd each nook of that ma-jestic place. The piles give way, the rocky peaks stream comes gushing on—a foam- t ing tide!A mighty work, for ages to token of his passion and his pain As flows the milky flood from Allahs li,-^.?, throne/ Rushes the torrent from the yielding stone;And sculptured there, amazed, stern Khosru sees, with frowns, obeye

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The rose garden of Persia . {X ,g ! i -4-8° ?. ^<^\ i»- s^^mmm^^^ w* THE GREAT WOR^K. A liundred^^ arms were weak oneblock to move Of thousands, moulded by the hand ofLove Into fantastic shapes and forms ofgrace, Which crowd each nook of that ma-jestic place. The piles give way, the rocky peaks stream comes gushing on—a foam- t ing tide!A mighty work, for ages to token of his passion and his pain As flows the milky flood from Allahs li,-^.?, throne/ Rushes the torrent from the yielding stone;And sculptured there, amazed, stern Khosru sees, with frowns, obeyed his fjttl harsh commands: Jf , While she, the fair beloved, with being jjit/j rife, 1^) Awakes the glowing marble into life. ^ m^ty^SMl

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