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Timur Name. - Book Of Timur. To Suleika.

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Fitting perfumes to prepare,     And to raise thy rapture high,     Must a thousand rosebuds fair     First in fiery torments die.     One small flask's contents to glean,     Whose sweet fragrance aye may live,     Slender as thy finger e'en,     Must a world its treasures give;     Yes, a world where life is moving,     Which, with impulse full and strong,     Could forbode the Bulbul's loving,     Sweet, and spirit-stirring song.     Since they thus have swell'd our joy,     Should such torments grieve us, then?     Doth not Timur's rule destroy     Myriad souls of living men?

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