 With unblench'd visage scenes of darkest hue; Yet is he gentle, and his gracious mien Checks the extended claw, where blood has been ; For tiger, wolf, and panther gather round The maniac as their king, and lick the ground; Fox and hyena fierce their...  Lailí and Majnún: A Poem - Page 68by Niẓāmī Ganjavī - 1836 - 127 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Niẓāmī Ganjavī - 1894 - 148 pages
...darkest hue ; Yet is he gentle, and his gracious mien Checks the extended claw, where blood has been ; For tiger, wolf, and panther gather round The maniac...Around his place of rest their shadows fling ; Like Suliman,1 o'er all extends his reign ; His pillow is the lion's shaggy mane ; The wily leopard, on... | |
 | Nathan Haskell Dole, Belle Maude Walker - English poetry - 1901 - 308 pages
...darkest hue ; Vet is he gentle, and his gracious mien Checks the extended claw, where blood has been ; For tiger, wolf, and panther gather round The maniac...Around his place of rest their shadows fling ; Like Suliman,1 o'er all extends his reign ; 1 No name is more famous in the East than Solomon. Omnipotence... | |
 | Eunice Tietjens - American poetry - 1928 - 408 pages
...FOR LOVE OF LAILI, DWELLS AMONG THE BEASTS * * * For tiger, wolf, and panther gather round The madman as their king, and lick the ground; Fox and hyena...Around his place of rest their shadows fling; Like Solomon, o'er all extends his reign; His pillow is the lion's shaggy mane; The wily leopard, on the... | |
 | Arthur John Arberry - English poetry - 2008 - 296 pages
...darkest hue; Yet is he gentle, and his gracious mien Checks the extended claw, where blood has been; For tiger, wolf, and panther gather round The maniac...Around his place of rest their shadows fling; Like Solaiman, o'er all extends his reign; His pillow is the lion's shaggy mane; The wily leopard, on the... | |
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