'A Tour to Sheeraz by the Route of Kazroon amd Feerozabad with various Remarks on the Manners, Customs, Laws, Language and Literature of the Persians to which is added A History of Persia from the Death of Kureem Khan to the Subversion of the Zund Dynasty' [‎166] (192/362)

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Sore griev'd each warrior, and with anguish tore,
« Loudly lamenting on the sounding shore."
The king to Eritch's garden bends his way,
Once the gay scene, resplendent as the day !
"Where Eritch's hours in pleas'd amusement flow'd^
"Where social pleasure innocently glow'd :
His father, tott'ring with a weight of grief.
Bears tha pale head of the love-murder d chief.
To the high throne he casts his swollen eyes.
No Eritch there, once favor d by the skies !
O'er all the garden lucid fountains play'd r
And choicest trees spread round their verdant shade.
Here gay pavilions, and here cool retreats.
Once pleas'd its lord. The mournful father goes
To where the edifice of Eritch rose.
And in his hand the pallid head he bore;
Grief sunk his soul, and all his bosom tore.
His loud laments and agonizing cries
Resound to Saturn, to the farthest skies;
He fires the garden, tears his aged hair.
Rends his wan cheek, sad picture of despair ;
Large drops of.blood ran streaming down his eyes^
He dips his belt in sanguinary dyes:
On the lone earth he sat, and all around
The flames arise, and scorch the smoking ground.
Hope fled for ever; oft the head he views.
And oft to God his pious prayer renews.
Ah God ! divine Director ! Power august!
View this pale head, now mouldering into dust,
Murder d without a cause, while tygers wild*
.Howl o'er the body of my darling child.
* Heu terra incognita canibus datapraeda Latinis
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