sir william jones

The Works of Sir William Jones

First published 1799
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On the Mystical Poetry of the Persians and Hindus
Published in 1792, ‘On the mystical poetry of the Persians and Hindus’ is an essay describing Oriental mystical poetry for Western readers.…
ii
On the Persians
I turn with delight from the vast mountains and barren deserts of Turan, over which we travelled last year with no perfect knowledge of our…