Penny Dreadfuls, 1900 · page 104 of 142
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, and the Salaman and Absal of Jami — page 104: what you’re looking at
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# Page Description This is a page of running prose poetry from page 78 of what appears to be a literary work titled *Salaman and Absal*. The text consists of two poetic passages: the first discusses Reason as the supreme guide and fountain of prophetic wisdom, and the second presents The Shah addressing his son Salaman, urging him not to waste his royal potential and suggesting that his proper occupation should be riding and managing a horse named Rakhsh in the field. A footnote identifies Rakhsh as Rustam's famous horse from the Shah-Nameh (the Persian epic). The page is decorated with ornamental floral borders and includes a small decorative divider between the two sections.
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. | . 13 SALAMAN AND ABSAL. And first with Reason, which is also best ; Reason that rights the wanderer ; that completes The imperfect—Reason that resolves the knot Of either world, and sees beyond the Veil. For Reason is the fountain from of old From which the Prophets drew, and none beside : Who boasts of other Inspiration, lies— There are no other Prophets than THe Wiss. AnD first THe SHan :—‘ SatdmAn, Oh my Soul, ‘‘ Tight of the eyes of my Prosperity, ‘And making bloom the court of Hope with rose ; ‘“ Year after year, SALAMAN, like a bud ‘That cannot blow, my own blood I devour’d, ‘Till, by the seasonable breath of God, ‘* At last I blossom’d into thee, my Son ; ‘“ Oh, do not wound me with a dagger thorn ; ‘“ Let not the full-blown rose of Royalty ‘* Be left to wither in a hand unclean. ‘‘ For what thy proper pastime? Bat in hand ‘To mount and manage Raxusu’ along the Field ; 1 “Vieutnina.” The name of Rustam’s famous Horse in the SuaH-NAMEH. iN CORNICLOO