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by Henry Baerlein (Author)

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2923296

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0766106071

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Heigh ho! The splendid air
is full of wings and they will
take us to the-
-Friend, be wise,
For those who navigate among the skies,,
must also visit-
The subterranean caverns . . .

Customer Review: Mesmerizing

Ancient spiritual truths set in lyrical poetry - an excellent translation and a gift to the heart. I highly recommend this book.

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1915. An effort has been made to render in this book some of the poems of Abu'l-Ala the Syrian who was born 973 years before Jesus Christ and some forty-four before Omar Khayyam. But the life of such a man could not be told within the space at our command; it will, with other of his poems, form the subject of a separate volume.

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