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TRANSLATIONS FROM THE ARABIC AND PERSIAN.

To Leila, upon seeing her blush; by the Khaliph Radhi Billah....

The Adieu; by Abou Mohammed

To Selima; by Achmed Ardebeili, a Persian Exile ............

To a Dove; by Serage Alwarak

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Saif Addaulet, Sultan of Aleppo, to his favorite Mistress....................

The Advice of the Bird

The Song of Maisuna...

To a Lady weeping; by Ebn Alrumi

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To Selima; by Achmed Ardebeili

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Verses addressed to a Lady; by the Khaliph Almoktofi Liamrillah

The Confession; by Abou Aly, a celebrated Mathematician

Verses addressed by Waladata to some young Men, &c........... 24

To the Sun Flower; by the same...........

To a Female Cup-bearer; by Abd Absalam Ben Ragban

A Turkish Ode of Mesihi

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To a Nosegay in Pancharilla's Bosom; from Bonefonius

Kisses; from Johannes Secundus

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To Lydia; from Gallus .......

Cupid Robbed; from Julius Angerianus

Achilles and Deidamia; imitated from Ovid..

The Perjured Mistress; from Horace.......

Delia Lost; from Tibullus

Anacreontic; from Julianus Ægyptius

The Kiss

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To a Lady, who seemed to trifle with the Author's Passion

The Flower of Yarrow; by Hamilton

Epigram, written in a Lady's Tablets; by Walsh

Epigram; by Lord Dorset....

The Inconstant; by Lord Rochester

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Song; by Waller......

To Castara; by Habington

The Bag of the Bee; by Herrick...............................

The Mad Maid's Song; by the same

The Voyage; by Browne

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The Syren's Song; by the same ......

The Primrose; by Carew.....

Sonnet; by Drummond

......; by P. Fletcher

......; by Daniel......

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......; by Drayton ......

A Kiss; by Ben Jonson......

The Heart Fled Again

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Translations

FROM THE

Arabic and Persian.