The Divans of the Six Ancient Arabic Poets Ennabiga, 'Antara, Tharafa, Zuhair, 'Alqama and Imruulqais: Chiefly According to the Mss. of Paris, Gotha, and Leyden; and the Collection of Their Fragments with a List of the Various Readings of the TextTrübner, 1870 - 223 pages |
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Page iii - ... ventured to detract from their authority, no later poet has been bold enough to place himself on their level.
Page iii - Neskhi, and it overlooks the facts that several commentaries on them have been written in the East, and that single verses out of all these poems are cited in countless works of the East.
Page xxi - This excellent work is a mine for the knowledge of the ancient poets, of whom it not only cites •and explains numerous verses, but gives biographical notices of the authors.