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THE VEILED PROPHET OF KHORASSAN.[1]
In that delightful Province of the Sun,
The first of Persian lands he shines upon.
Where all the loveliest children of his beam,
Flowerets and fruits, blush over every stream,[2]
And, fairest of all streams, the MURGA roves
Among MEROU'S[3] bright palaces and groves;--
There on that throne, to which the blind belief
Of millions raised him, sat the Prophet-Chief,
- ↑ Khorassan signifies, in the old Persian language, Province or Region of the Sun.--Sir W. Jones.
- ↑ "The fruits of Meru are finer than those of any other place: and one cannot see in any other city such palaces with groves, and streams, and gardens."--Ebn Haukal's Geography.
- ↑ One of the royal cities of Khorassan.
