Excerpt from A Specimen of Persian Poetry, or Odes of Hafez: With an English Translation and Paraphrase, Chiefly From the Specimen Poeseos Persicae of Baron Revizky, Envoy From the Emperor of Germany to the Court of Poland Vide an account of the life and writings of this celebrated poet in The Flowers of Pethau Literature, p. 27, St feqq. Enxr. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.