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William Jones (philologist)

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Go boldly forth, my simple lay,
Whose accents flow with artless ease,
Like orient pearls at random strung.
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A Persian Song of Hafiz, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). Compare: "'T was he that ranged the words at random flung, Pierced the fair pearls and them together strung", Eastwick: Anvari Suhaili. (Translated from Firdousi).

 
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