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Poems from the Divan of Hafiz, by Getrude Lowthian Bell, [1897], at sacred-texts.com


XV

Stanza 3.—"Night is with child"—a Persian proverb extraordinarily suggestive of the clear, deep, Eastern sky. The sight seems to slip through between the stars and penetrate a darkness which is big with possibilities.


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