Oriental tales / translated into English verse, by J. Hoppner.

  • John Hoppner
Date:
1806
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Oriental tales / translated into English verse, by J. Hoppner. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    THE PRINCESS AND THE MUSICIAN. [From ihe Tooti Nameh, or Tales of a Parrot.] There once reigned in Benares a rich and re- nowned Raja, whose son, for deformity of person, and depravity of mind, was the proverb of the times. He was, according to popular tradition, more iras- cible than fire, more impetuous than running water, more obstinate than the zebra of the wilderness, and more bitter than the colocynth the seeds of which were sweeter than honey, w hen placed in competition with the bitterness of his soul. To sum up his whole character, the daemon of ignorance had so deeply struck the tent-poles of her pavilion in his heart, that she baflled the wisdom of the sagacious, and physi- cians ineffectually exhausted their skill, in attempting to remove her. Isa (may the dew of peace rest upon him) could with pleasure give health to the sick, * Colocynth—A kind of wild gourd.
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