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TE SHAGE.

A POEM.

FROM THE ORIGINAL PERSIAN OF NAZAMI.

BY

JAMES ATKINSON, ESQ.

OF THE HONORABLE EAST INDIA COMPANY'S BENGAL MEDICAL SERVICE:

AUTHOR OF

SOHRAB, A POEM; AN ABRIDGMENT IN PROSE AND VERSE OF THE
SHAH-NAMEH OF FIRDAUSI; LA SECCHIA RAPITA,

FROM THE ITALIAN OF TASSONI, &c. &c.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Lovers and madmen have such seething brains,
Such shaping fantasies that apprehend,
More than cool reason comprehends.

He will not be commanded.

SHAKSPEARE.

PUBLISHED UNDER THE SUPERINTENDENCE OF THE ORIENTAL
TRANSLATION FUND OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND.

RED LION COURT, FLEET STREET.

M.DCCC.XXXVI.

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BIBLIOTHEEK

TE SHAGE.