Jelaluddin [or Jalal al-Din] Rumi

The great Islamic Persian mystic poet Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī was born near Balkh in present day Tajikistan, on September 30, 1207. His father, a scholar, was invited by the Seljuk sultan of Rum to settle in

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by Jelaluddin [or Jalal al-Din] Rumi (1207–73)

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I am the falcon of the spirit world,

Escaped out of highest heaven

Who out of desire of the hunt,

Am fallen into earthly form

Of the Mount Kaf am I the Simorg,

Whom the net of Being holds imprisoned

Of Paradise am I the Peacock,

Who has escaped from his nest.

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From what poem did Thomas Hardy take the title of his novel Far from the Madding Crowd ?

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"Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard," by Thomas Gray. ("Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, / Their sober wishes never learned to stray . . .")

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