Louisa Stuart Costello

The Rose Garden of Persia Louisa Stuart Costello

Originally published in 1845, these are selections on and from classical Persian literature and writers, Persian poetry, ornamental composition, the Sufis, Ferdusi, Khakani; Omar Khiam; Sadi, The Moolah of Rum; Hafiz, the Persian Anacreon; Jami; and more.. (From the Introduction): "... The softest and the richest language in the world is the Persian: it is so peculiarly adapted to the purposes of poetry, that it is acknowledged there have been more poets produced in Persia than in all the other nations of Europe together..."