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SELECTIONS FROM THE POETRY OF THE AFGHĀNS, FROM THE SIXTEENTH TO THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, LITERALLY TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL PUS´HTO; WITH NOTICES OF THE DIFFERENT AUTHORS, AND REMARKS ON THE MYSTIC DOCTRINE AND POETRY OF THE ṢŪFĪS: BY MAJOR H. G. RAVERTY, BOMBAY ARMY, RETIRED LIST; AUTHOR OF A GRAMMAR, AND DICTIONARY OF THE PUS´HTO OR AFGHAN LANGUAGE; THE GULSHAN-I-ROH, OR SELECTIONS, PROSE AND POETICAL, IN THE PUS´HTO OR AFGHĀN LANGUAGE; THE GOSPEL FOR THE AFGHĀNS; A THESAURUS OF ENGLISH AND HINDŪSTĀNĪ TECHNICAL TERMS, ETC. ETC. "Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathom’d caves of ocean bear; Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air." (New and Cheaper Edition.) LONDON: WILLIAMS AND NORGATE, HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN, & SOUTH FREDERICK STREET, EDINBURGH. CALCUTTA: W. NEWMAN & CO. MDCCCLXVII. [1867] Scanned, proofed and formatted at sacred-texts.com by John Bruno Hare, November 2007. This text is in the US public domain because it was published prior to 1923. Click to enlarge Spine Click to enlarge