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Passages similar to: Life of Pythagoras — CHAP. XXXV.
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Life of Pythagoras
CHAP. XXXV. (7)
Him, tho’ he’s absent, yet I fear, O guest, To name; such is the greatness of my love and care.
The Masnavi
The Vakil of the Prince of Bokhara (162-171)
First hear this, that while I remained in absence, Secondly, hear this. O prince beloved, That I searched much, but found no second to thee. Thirdly,...
The Masnavi
Mahmud and Ayaz. 1 (1-11)
A loved one said to her lover to try him, Early one morning, "O such an one, son of such an one, I marvel whether you hold me more dear, Or yourself;...
The Masnavi
Prologue (41-49)
O Iover, 'twas love that gave life to Mount Sinai, When "it quaked, and Moses fell down in a swoon." Did my Beloved only touch me with his lips, I...
The Masnavi
The Merchant and his Clever Parrot (42-51)
How shall I not be in the number of those bewitched by Him? How shall I be other than night without His day? Without the vision of His face that...
Divine Comedy
Purgatorio: Canto XXVI (5)
The moment I heard name himself the father Of me and of my betters, who had ever Practised the sweet and gracious rhymes of love; And without speech...
Divine Comedy
Inferno: Canto XXX (7)
"Less shame doth wash away a greater fault," The Master said, "than this of thine has been; Therefore thyself disburden of all sadness, And make accou...
The Masnavi
The Vakil of the Prince of Bokhara (152-161)
O love, love, and heart's desire of love! Let thy first boon to me be this, Though thou knowest my condition clearly, O protector of slaves, listen...
The Masnavi
The Old Man who made no Lamentation at the Death of his Sons (1-10)
He turned to his wife and said, "O dame, The harvest of December is not as that of July; Though they be dead or though they be living, Are they not...
Egyptian Book of the Dead
Chapter XL (8)
“Come not against me; thou who comest without being called, and who art unknown.”
Chapter 8: Of the whole Corpus or Body of an Angelical Kingdom. The Great Mystery. (164)
O noble guest! O, why didst thou depart from us! O fierceness, wrath and astringency or severity, thou art the cause of it! O fierce wrathful devil!...
The Masnavi
The Lion who Hunted with the Wolf and the Fox (9-16)
The poor man went away, and for one whole year Journeyed burning with grief for his friend's absence. His heart burned till it was cooked; then he...
Divine Comedy
Paradiso: Canto XXIII (3)
I was as one who still retains the feeling Of a forgotten vision, and endeavours In vain to bring it back into his mind, When I this invitation...
Divine Comedy
Purgatorio: Canto XXI (6)
Whence I: "Thou peradventure marvellest, O antique spirit, at the smile I gave; But I will have more wonder seize upon thee. This one, who guides on...
The Masnavi
The Gluttonous Sufi (41-50)
This truth-fraught saying of mine is no vain pretence, 'Though I talk half the night I am superior to you;' And again, 'Fear not the night; here am...
The Masnavi
The Merchant and his Clever Parrot (52-61)
My heart says, "He has injured me," Do me justice, O Thou who art the glory of the just, Who art the throne, and I the lintel of Thy door! But, in sob...
The Masnavi
The Prince and the Handmaid (41-50)
Verily my singing His praise were dispraise, For 'twould prove me existent, and existence is error. Can I describe my separation and my bleeding...
The Masnavi
The Drunken Turkish Amir and the Minstrel (1-10)
"I know not if thou art a moon or an idol, I know not what service to pay thee, Thou art not apart from me, yet, strange to say, I know not where I...
Divine Comedy
Inferno: Canto X (3)
"If they were banished, they returned on all sides," I answered him, "the first time and the second; But yours have not acquired that art aright."...
Egyptian Book of the Dead
Chapter VII (5)
I am he, whose names are hidden, and whose abodes are mysterious for all eternity
The Masnavi
The Pauper and the Prisoners (34-44)
The lover's love is visible, his Beloved hidden. The Friend is absent, the distraction he causes present. Renounce these affections for outward...
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