Religion
From the Gulistan (Who the silent man can prize)
Translated by Reginald Heber · From The Poetical Works of Reginald Heber (Lansdowne Poets)
Who the silent man can prize,
If a fool he be or wise?
Yet, though lonely seem the wood,
Therein may lurk the beast of blood.
Often bashful looks conceal
Tongue of fire and heart of steeL
And deem not thou, in forest grey,
Every dappled skin thy prey,
Lest thou rouse, with luckless spear.
The tiger for the fallow deer!
Codex Note
1823.
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MLA
Shiraz, Sa'di of. “From the Gulistan (Who the silent man can prize).” Translated by Reginald Heber. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/sadi/26/.
Chicago
Shiraz, Sa'di of. “From the Gulistan (Who the silent man can prize).” Translated by Reginald Heber. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/sadi/26/.
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