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AlexBell · 05-11-2013, 02:39 AM

I'm working on The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain for the MR Library, have been very impressed with the breadth of his knowledge of poetry and scripture, and have been trying to annotate each of the things he quotes.

But there is one I can't definitely locate: 'Though old as history itself, thou art fresh as the breath of spring, blooming as thine own rose-bud, and fragrant as thine own orange flower, O Damascus, pearl of the East!.' These lines occur as an epigraph in The Romance of Lady Isabel Burton, by Isabel Burton, but I have been unable to find the original. It's possible that they are from A Thousand and One Nights by her husband, but I can't confirm that.

Can anyone help?

05-11-2013, 02:39 AM	#1
AlexBell Wizard Posts: 3,413 Karma: 13369310 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Launceston, Tasmania Device: Sony PRS T3, Kobo Glo, Kindle Touch, iPad, Samsung SB 2 tablet	Help with quotation please I'm working on The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain for the MR Library, have been very impressed with the breadth of his knowledge of poetry and scripture, and have been trying to annotate each of the things he quotes. But there is one I can't definitely locate: 'Though old as history itself, thou art fresh as the breath of spring, blooming as thine own rose-bud, and fragrant as thine own orange flower, O Damascus, pearl of the East!.' These lines occur as an epigraph in The Romance of Lady Isabel Burton, by Isabel Burton, but I have been unable to find the original. It's possible that they are from A Thousand and One Nights by her husband, but I can't confirm that. Can anyone help?