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Art. III.—Ancient Arabic Poetry; its Genuineness and Authenticity1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 March 2011

William Muir
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An indescribable charm surrounds the early poetry of the Arabs. Dwelling in the wonderful creations of their genius with these ancient poets, you live, as it were, a new life. Cities, gardens, villages, the trace of even fields, left far out of sight, you get away into the free atmosphere of the desert; and, the trammels and conventionalities of settled society cast aside, you roam with the poet over the varied domain of Nature in all its freshness, artlessness, and freedom.

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society , Volume 11 , Issue 1 , January 1879 , pp. 72 - 92
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Copyright © The Royal Asiatic Society 1879

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page 74 note 1 ‘And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and three score and ten palm-trees; and they encamped there by the waters.’—Gen. xv. 27.

page 79 note 1 Tabari, , iii. 43.Google Scholar

page 90 note 1 From a remark at p. 358, vol. ii. of his Culturgeschichte, I gather that Herr von Kremer holds that our author trusts too much to his own convictions, so much so as to neglect the process of forming “an objective judgment”; and, in his opinion, these convictions have not infrequently led him into error.

page 91 note 1 Beiträge zttr Kentniss der Poesie der Alien Araber, von Theodor Nöldeke. Hannover, 1864.Google Scholar