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THE VEILED PROPHET OF KHORASSAN.

In that delightful Province of the Sun, The first of Persian lands he shines upon. Where all the loveliest children of his beam, Flowerets and fruits, blush over every stream, And, fairest of all streams, the MURGA roves Among MEROU'S bright palaces and groves;-- There on that throne, to which the blind belief Of millions raised him, sat the Prophet-Chief,