LAILÎ AND MAJNÛN
 
A POEM
 
FROM THE ORIGINAL PERSIAN OF NIZAMI
 
BY
 
JAMES ATKINSON, ESQ.
 
OF THE HONORABLE EAST INDIA COMPANY'S BENGAL MEDICAL SERVICE
AUTHOR OF
SOHRAB; A POEM; AN ABRIDGMENT IN PROSE AND VERSE OF THE SHAH-NAMEH OF FIRDAUSI; LA SECCHIA RAPITA, FROM THE ITALIAN OF TASSONI, &c. &c.
 
 
The course of true love never did run smooth.
Lovers and madmen have such seething brains,
Such shaping fantasies that apprehend,
More than cool reason comprehends.
He will not be commanded.
SHAKESPEARE
 
 
REPRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY
 
PANINI OFFICE, BAHADURGANJ, ALLAHABAD
 
1915