LAILÍ AND MAJNÚN.

LAILÍ AND MAJNÚN;

A POEM.

FROM THE ORIGINAL PERSIAN of nazámi.

BY

JAMES ATKINSON, ESQ.

OF THE HONORABLE EAST INDIA COMPANY'S BENGAL MEDICAL SERVICE:

AUTHOR OF

SOHRAB, A POEM; AN ABRIDGMENT IN PROSE AND VERSE OF THE
SHAH-NAMEH OF FIRDAUSI; ᏞᎪ SECCHIA RAPITA,

FROM THE ITALIAN OF TASSONI, &c. &c.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Lovers and madmen have such seething brains,
Such shaping fantasies that apprehend,
More than cool reason comprehends.

He will not be commanded.

SHAKSPEARE.

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TRANSLATION FUND OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND.

LONDON:

A. J. VALPY, M.A.

PUBLISHER TO THE ORIENTAL TRANSLATION FUND, &c.
RED LION COURT, FLEET STREET.

M.DCCC.XXXVI.

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HARRISON AND SONS, ST. MARTIN'S LANE, PRINTERS IN ORDINARY TO HER MAJESTY.

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