More from Richard Francis Burton
- The Kasîdah of Hâjî Abdû El-Yezdî (1870)
- The Kasîdah of Hâjî Abdû El-Yezdî (1870)
- “Narrative of a Trip to Harar” (11 June 1855); published in The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society (June 1855)
Cease, Man, to mourn, to weep, to wail; enjoy thy shining hour of sun;
We dance along Death’s icy brink, but is the dance less full of fun?
Richard Francis Burton on life and death
The Kasîdah of Hâjî Abdû El-Yezdî (1870)
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