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1 1, 2 | decoy whistle,~That the birds may be beguiled by that
2 1, 2 | beguiled by that snare,~The birds hear that call simulating
3 1, 3 | even as greedy and foolish birds;~Every moment our feet are
4 2, 11 | resemble the voices of the birds, and so lure them to destruction.
5 2, 18 | that sea, and we as the birds;~In Solomon we hold our
6 2 (3) | been taught the speech of birds." ~
7 3, 17 | The four elements are as birds tied together by the feet; ~
8 3, 18 | beaten by a boy to scare away birds could appal the great drum-bearing
9 4, 2 | glory on the whole family of birds. 13~The anecdote of the
10 4, 2 | Solomon, thou that knowest birds' language, ~Sound the note
11 4, 2 | When God sent, thee to the birds, ~He taught thee first the
12 4, 2 | first the notes of all the birds. ~To the predestinarian
13 4, 6 | sky a snare and trap for birds. ~He produces pains and
14 5, 1 | addressed to Abraham, "Take four birds and draw them towards thee,
15 5, 1 | cut them in pieces." 1 The birds are explained to be the
16 5, 1 | fasting only to entrap unwary birds;~Making hundreds of people
17 6, 2 | fowler went out to catch birds, and disguised himself by
18 6, 2 | to avoid frightening the birds away from his snare. A bird
19 6, 9 | words of this "language of birds," 9~And make boast of their
20 6, 9 | man is ignorant of the birds' meaning.~He is the true
21 6, 9 | true Solomon who knows the birds' language,~A demon, though
22 6, 9 | inspiration from God,~He learned birds' language from "what we
23 6, 9 | seen the true spiritual birds!~The nest of the Simurgh
24 6 (10)| calls it, means "thirty birds" (Si murgh), and is used
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