Motif
vanished kings and the ruin of worldly power
vanished_kings_and_the_ruin_of_worldly_power
A motif of the Pride, Hubris, and Downfall family, within the sub-family Fallen Power and Ruined Splendor. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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sufi
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The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam QUATRAINS OF OMAR KHAYYAM / MONSIEUR J.B. NICOLAS / THE QUATRAINS OF KHAYYAM / THE QUATRAINS OF OMAR KHAYYAM; lines 11733-11935 confidence: high
The world is called a rolling hostelry where light and darkness alternate, a ruin of Jamshid's entertainment of a hundred kings, and a faint memento of hunters like Bahram.
Jamshid and Bahram are evoked through former royal entertainments, hunting, and palaces now overtaken by animals and Time.
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