 tis a crime to spill A gazelle's blood — it bodeth ill; Then set the pleading captive free; For sweet is life and liberty. That heart must be as marble hard, And merciless as wolf or pard, Which clouds in death that large black eye, Beaming like Laili's,...  Lailí and Majnún: A Poem - Page 49by Niẓāmī Ganjavī - 1836 - 127 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Taḣsīn al-Dīn - Hindustani literature - 1834 - 444 pages
...He stops — while thus exclaims the youth : — " If e'er thy bosom throbb'd with ruth, Forbear ! for 'tis a crime to spill A gazelle's blood — it...prey of power ; 1250 And for that fragrant gift thou Yt led The gentle gazelle's blood to shed ! O, seek not gain by cruel deed, " But," cried the sportsman,... | |
 | Niẓāmī Ganjavī - 1894 - 148 pages
...gazelle's blood — it bodeth ill ; Then set the pleading captive free ; For sweet is life and liberty. That heart must be as marble hard, And merciless as...fatal dower, Like beauty, still the prey of power ; And for that fragrant gift thou 'rt led The gentle gazelle's blood to shed ! O, seek not gain by... | |
 | Nathan Haskell Dole, Belle Maude Walker - English poetry - 1901 - 308 pages
...gazelle's blood — it bodeth ill ; Then set the pleading captive free ; For sweet is life and liberty. That heart must be as marble hard, And merciless as...fatal dower, Like beauty, still the prey of power ; And for that fragrant gift thou'rt led The gentle gazelle's blood to shed ! Oh, seek not gain by... | |
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