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VII. (‘I have the edict of the old man of the tavern, and ‘tis an ancient saying’)

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VII. (‘I have the edict of the old man of the tavern, and ‘tis an ancient saying’)

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VII. (‘I have the edict of the old man of the tavern, and ‘tis an ancient saying’)

Poet(s)

Hafez

Credits

Translator

Cowell, Edward Byles

Metadata research and editing

DVPP Project Team

Source

Macmillan’s Magazine 30:177, 256–257, July 1874.

First line

I have the edict of the old man of the tavern, and ‘tis an ancient saying

Print context

Quoted in prose contribution

Original language

Persian

Document status

Generated: The file was automatically generated from metadata in the project metadata database.

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X. (“In the morning, when heavy with last night’s revel”)
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Notes and attribution research

One of twelve poems included in the unsigned The Persian Poet Háfiz (251-58), by Edward Byles Cowell (Wellesley Index). (JS, AC)

DVPP id

Numeric id of this poem in the DVPP collection: 16070

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Alison Chapman (ed.) and the DVPP team, “VII. (‘I have the edict of the old man of the tavern, and ‘tis an ancient saying’),” Digital Victorian Periodical Poetry Project, Edition 0.98.9beta, University of Victoria, 18th March 2024, https://dvpp.uvic.ca/macmillan/1874/pom_16070_vii_i_have_the_edict_of_the.html.

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