XVIII.

They say the Lion and the Lizard keep The Courts where Jamshyd gloried and drank deep: And Bahram, that great Hunter--the Wild Ass Stamps o'er his Head, but cannot break his Sleep.

The original of this quatrain is C. 99.

In that palace where Bahram grasped the wine-cup; The foxes whelp, and the lions take their rest; Bahram who was always catching (_gur_) wild asses,-- To-day behold that the (_gur_) grave has caught Bahram.

_Ref._: C. 99, L. 210, B. 207, S.P. 69, P. 48 and 139, B. ii. 51, T. 82 and 294, P. iv. 12, P. v. 156.--W. 72, N. 69, V. 205.