Go boldly forth, my simple lay,
Whose accents flow with artless ease,
Like orient pearls at random strung.

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"A Persian Song of Hafiz", in Grammar (1771) p. 140 and Poems (1772) p. 75. Reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). Compare: "'Twas he that ranged the words at random flung, / Pierced the fair pearls and them together strung", Eastwick: Anvari Suhaili (Translated from Firdousi)

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Go boldly forth, my simple lay,Whose accents flow with artless ease,Like orient pearls at random strung.

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Go boldly forth, my simple lay,
Whose accents flow with artless ease,
Like orient pearls at random strung.