Imru' al-Qais (501–544) Arabic Poet
The Sacred Books and Early Literature of the East, Vol. 5, p. 20
Poetry, Couplets
“Fair laughs the morn, and soft the zephyr blows,
While proudly riding o'er the azure realm
In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes;
Youth on the prow, and Pleasure at the helm;
Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway,
That, hushed in grim repose, expects his evening prey.”
II. 2. lines 71-76
The Bard (1757)
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