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 1 Pre      |              precious goblet, that I may drink to the Sheikh who
 2 Pre      |           from useless prejudice, it may be admitted that the Sheikh
 3 Pre      |           prisoner, from Isfahan; he may even have witnessed his
 4 Pre      |       somewhat strained. Shah Shudja may have distrusted the loyalty
 5 Pre      |             famous poet of the age: "May the ball of the heavens
 6 Pre      |          four quarters of the earth; may it be for all time a guardian
 7 Pre      |       pointed saying, that his heart may consent unto it; then, of
 8 Pre      |              s threshold, that Hafiz may wash bright with it the
 9 Pre      |              return to Shiraz, which may perhaps refer to the re-establishment
10 Pre      |              in the ocean of sin, he may find a place in paradise."
11 Pre      |           fugitives from the actual, may dream themselves away"--
12 Pre      |          unto him they shall return, may be traced to the same source."~
13 Pre      |            and contradictory. "A man may say," remarks the author
14 Pre      |             spoke to Moses) why then may not a man say it?" And again: "
15 Pre      |             beloved, since even this may serve to raise thee to the
16 Pre      |               The Garden of Paradise may be pleasant, but forget
17 Pre      |            not pierce.~Be that as it may, one who sings the cool
18 Pre      |          figure. How ever willing we may be to submit to the wise
19 Pre      |         minds of many Englishmen. It may be a national prejudice,
20 Pre      |               To a certain extent it may be said that the Sufiism
21 Pre      |          lashes, that her whole body may be a perfect mystery."-"
22 Pre      |         perhaps the advice of Horace may be the better of the two "
23 Pre      |        Destiny, and however grateful may be the shade of the holy
24 Pre      |             the immediate foreground may not be so distinct. It is
25 Pre      |              thereof." But though we may not all be nightingales,
26 Pre      |              mind for such exercises may decipher if he choose.~Hafiz
27 Pre      |            road easy to follow, each may, if he be wise, discover
28 I(*)     |        hostelry." In their time they may themselves have served travellers
29 III      |              one that longs for thee may weep and bum~Sonnets and
30 III(*)   |             to his mistress that she may see that her own image is
31 IV(*)    |             approaches her mouth, he may fall and be drowned.~Verse
32 V(*)     |             higher wisdom from it, I may mention that the mole, powder,
33 VII      |             mirth!~To-day the beggar may boast him a king,~His banqueting-hall
34 VII      |            with wine where thy heart may brave~The assault of the
35 VII      |             closed o'er his head,~He may find a place in God's Paradise.~ ~
36 VII(*)   |             poetry. Often enough you may pass with one step out of
37 VIII     |        through affliction pass,~None may reach the halting-station
38 XI       |          devise,~But those that time may bring thou shalt not dread.~
39 XV       |           sore~Valiance and strength may enter in; return!~And Life
40 XVII     |              garden future treasures may yield--~Ah, make the most
41 XIX      | Tavern-priest am I;~The pious Sheikh may promise future bliss,~He
42 XXII     |           Unless to my Lady's side I may strive and win,~Nor garden,
43 XXIV     |      cypress-tree~Beside that stream may rear her lofty stem,~Watering
44 XXV      |           its face--ah, cry that all may hear:~Come forth! the powers
45 XXV      |               thou hast shown--~Long may thy cup be full, thy days
46 XXVI     |   foundationless--then come whate'er~May come, slave to the grape
47 XXVI     |           cup! drink we while yet we may~To our soul's ruin the forbidden
48 XXVI(*)  |            the Kayanian dynasty; Kai may be Kaikhusro, the third
49 XXIX     |          behind the veil Love's fire may burn--~Weep'st thou? let
50 XXIX     |             and weep no more!~To-day may pass, to-morrow pass, before~
51 XXX      |          hail! oh site without peer!~May God be the Watchman before
52 XXX      |           not thy thanks so that all may hear?~ ~
53 XXX(*)   |             the town. So did I also. May God have mercy on Shiraz!"
54 XXXI(*)  |           that must pass before they may breakfast.~
55 XXXIV(*) |           the tavern door, where man may enter and receive instruction
56 XXXV(*)  |       refiect no discredit, since it may quite possibly be merely
57 XXXVII   |           the fleeting harvest Earth may yield!~Oh Cypress-tree!
58 XXXVII(*)|            Phalangie"--whatever that may be. The word was also applied
59 XXXVIII  |             her lips in vain.~Others may find another love as fair;~
60 XXXVIII  |           face! that the whole world may be~Bewildered by thy radiant
61 XL       |          thine hours fleet~Unvalued; may each minute as it goes~Lay
62 XL       |     enjoyment at thy feet,~That thou may'st live and know thy life
63 XL       |             sore,~That all his hopes may reach their goal unchecked,~
64 XL       |              in Time's gallery I yet may meet~Some picture meant
65 XL       |            the gifts a tranquil mind may bring;~No heart is dark
66 XL(*)    |              mind to learn magic, he may go and learn it of them,
67 XLIII    |             tidings of union? that I may arise--~Forth from the dust