dhoair

Updated: May 4, 2025

Of dunces he says, with a double superlative, "If the ass of Christ should go to Mecca, it would come back an ass still." It is a saying from I know not what poet, "If the elegant verses of Dhoair Fariabi fall into thy hands, steal them, though it were in the sacred temple of Mecca itself." But when once the works of these poets are made accessible, they must draw the curiosity of good readers.

Various - The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 81, July, 1864