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Arabian Poetry: Extracts From The Lay of the Himyarites: Closing Verses

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[Having reviewed the long line of Himyarite princes, who were, each in his day, "possessed of power for evil or for good," the Poet thus moralises in conclusion.] 129. The chiefs of Himyar, and their kings, are buried in the dust, to rest in graves beneath slabs of stones. 130.

Arabian Poetry: Extracts From The Lay of the Himyarites: Closing Verses

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