The Persian Poets (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from The Persian Poets The vital persistence of poetry is a kind of miracle! A nation may not prize its bard while he lives, but after he is dead all the preservative forces are employed to perpetuate his songs. The Iliad and Odyssey, the Æneid, the Kalevala, the Nibelungenlied, the Shah-Nameh, become the chief glories, not alone of the country where they originate, but of the world. Kings and emperors conquer and destroy, and then try to hand their fame to posterity by magnificent constructions. But their names are only names, their cities and palaces crumble, and thousands of years later some curious excavator finds at the bottom of the heap a clay tablet on which is a simple little verse which reveals the thought of an unknown poet or gives a glimpse of a vanished civilization. Of course, vast quantities of poems have perished, but that any of the epics or lyrics of antiquity should survive seems wonderful when one realizes the vicissitudes through which they have passed. Fire and rust and rain and the ignorance of men conspire to annihilate. The story is told that an unknown poet once offered to Abd-Allah ben Taher, Emir of Khorasan, a versified story. The bigoted prince tore the manuscript into tatters, declaring that there was no other poetry than the Koran, and that all else was falsehood and blasphemy. History is full of such instances. Thus the sand waste drowns out the fertile meadow. But we often see one solitary flower or grass-blade piercing through the arid soil. Poetry is really the most precious possession of men, and history is not so much valued for its truth as for its grace. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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