Rubaiyat#17 Dead as Dung

Posted on 13/07/2013 by

They say the Lion and the lizard keep
The Courts where Jamshyd gloried and drank deep:
Bahram, that great hunter- the wild ass
Stamps o’er his head, and he lies fast asleep.
(Edward Fitzgerald translation-first edition)

The illustration has been withdrawn.Sorry-b

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