ARABIAN POETRY
FOR
ENGLISH READERS.
EDITED, WITH INTRODUCTION AND NOTES,
BY
W. A. CLOUSTON.
The Arabian Poets were the historians and moralists of the age; and if they sympathised with the prejudices, they inspired and crowned the virtues of their countrymen: the indissoluble union of generosity and valour was the darling theme of their song.—Gibbon.
GLASGOW:
PRIVATELY PRINTED.
MDCCCLXXXI.
