Poems from The Divan of Hafiz

"e;Poems from The Divan of Hafiz"e; is a 1897 collection of poems by Gertrude Bell. Contents include: "e;Arise, Oh Cup-Bearer, Rise! And Bring"e;, "e;The Bird Of Gardens Sang Unto The Rose"e;, "e;Wind From The East, Oh Lapwing Of The Day"e;, "e;Sleep On Thine Eyes, Bright As Narcissus Flowers"e;, "e;Oh Turkish Maid Of Shiraz! In Thy Hand"e;, "e;A Flower-Tinted Cheek, The Flowery Close"e;, "e;From The Garden Of Heaven A Western Breeze"e;, "e;The Rose Has Flushed Red, The Bud Has Burst"e;, etc. A wonderful collection of poems written by a woman who played a major role in establishing administering the modern state of Iraq. Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell, CBE (1868-1926) was an English writer, political officer, traveller, archaeologist, and administrator. She became an important policy-maker in the British Empire as a result of her extensive knowledge and contacts, which she built up through her numerous travels in Mesopotamia, Greater Syria, Asia Minor, and Arabia. Other notable works by this author include: "e;Poems from the Divan of Hafiz"e; (1892), "e;The Desert and the Sown"e; (1907), and "e;Mountains of the Servants of God"e; (1910). This classic work is being republished now in a new edition with specially curated introductory material.