Quote#Wisdom
Go boldly forth, my simple lay
Quote byWilliam Jones · 1746–1794
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "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).
English (original)
Go boldly forth, my simple lay, Whose accents flow with artless ease, Like orient pearls at random strung.
— William Jones
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