Notes. Xvii
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"Poems from the Divan of Hafiz", by Getrude Lowthian Bell, [1897],
Xvii
\"Stanza 3".--The allusion is to the expulsion of Adam from the Garden of Eden.
"Stanza 4".--Concerning the Last judgment, a beautiful tradition relates that there are seven degrees of punishment, but eight of blessedness, because God's mercy exceeds His justice.
"Poems from the Divan of Hafiz", by Getrude Lowthian Bell, [1897],
Xvii
\"Stanza 3".--The allusion is to the expulsion of Adam from the Garden of Eden.
"Stanza 4".--Concerning the Last judgment, a beautiful tradition relates that there are seven degrees of punishment, but eight of blessedness, because God's mercy exceeds His justice.
