{"collection":"Islam","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/spa/spa00.htm","path":"isl/spa/spa00.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/isl/spa/spa00.htm","text":"Sacred Texts\u00a0\n Islam\u00a0\n Index\u00a0\n Next\u00a0\n \nBuy this Book on Kindle\n \n \nSelections from the Poetry of the Afghans, by H.G. Raverty, [1868]\n SELECTIONS\n FROM\n THE POETRY OF THE AFGH\u0100NS,\n FROM THE SIXTEENTH TO THE NINETEENTH CENTURY,\n LITERALLY TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL PUS\u00b4HTO;\n WITH NOTICES OF THE DIFFERENT AUTHORS,\n AND REMARKS\n ON THE MYSTIC DOCTRINE AND POETRY OF THE \u1e62\u016aF\u012aS:\n BY\n MAJOR H. G. RAVERTY,\n BOMBAY ARMY, RETIRED LIST;\n AUTHOR OF A GRAMMAR, AND DICTIONARY OF THE PUS\u00b4HTO OR AFGHAN LANGUAGE; THE GULSHAN-I-ROH, OR SELECTIONS, PROSE AND POETICAL, IN THE PUS\u00b4HTO OR AFGH\u0100N LANGUAGE; THE GOSPEL FOR THE AFGH\u0100NS; A THESAURUS OF ENGLISH AND HIND\u016aST\u0100N\u012a TECHNICAL TERMS,\n ETC. ETC.\n | \"Full many a gem of purest ray sereneThe dark unfathom\u2019d caves of ocean bear; Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air.\" | \n \n \n (New and Cheaper Edition.)\n LONDON:\n WILLIAMS AND NORGATE,\n HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN, & SOUTH FREDERICK STREET, EDINBURGH.\n CALCUTTA: W. NEWMAN & CO.\n MDCCCLXVII.\n [1867]\n \n Scanned, proofed and formatted by John Bruno Hare, November 2007. This text is in the US public domain because it was published prior to 1923.\n \n \n \n \nClick to enlarge\nSpine\n \n \n \n \nClick to enlarge\nTitle Page\n \n \n \n Next: To the Reader","title":"Selections from the Poetry of the Afghans: Title Page","type":"page"}