Arabian Poetry, by W. A. Clouston, [1881], at sacred-texts.com

ARABIAN POETRY

FOR

ENGLISH READERS.

EDITED, WITH INTRODUCTION AND NOTES,

BY

W. A. CLOUSTON.

The Arabian Poets were the historians and moralists of the age; and if they sympathised with the prejudices, they inspired and crowned the virtues of their countrymen: the indissoluble union of generosity and valour was the darling theme of their song.— Gibbon.

Glasgow: (printed privately) M’Laren and Son, printers

[1881]

Scanned, proofed and formatted at sacred-texts.com, October 2007 by John Bruno Hare. This text is in the public domain in the US because it was published prior to 1923. These files may be used for any purpose.

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