Ferdowsi Quotes
Now when the two armies met, many and fierce were the combats waged between them, and blows were given and received, and swords flashed and showers of arrows descended on all sides.
Ferdowsi. The Epic of Kings: Stories Retold from Firdusi. Translated by Helen Zimmern, T. Fisher Unwin, 1882.
As influential and revered as he was, Houston would not overcome the drive for secession by the wealthy, large, slave holders of Texas.
Prior to whites settling in America, various Indian tribes had a long history of fierce fighting for control of Kentucky. The Transylvania Land company negotiated for the “rights” to Kentucky. Dragging Canoe, who opposed the treaty, argued that the land had a bad history and would be very difficult to settle. Poet Theodore O’Hara described Kentuckians as “Sons of the Dark and Bloody Ground” in his poem, The Bivouac of the Dead.
Abul-Qâsem Ferdowsi Tusi (Persian: 940 – 1019/1025, also Firdawsi or Ferdowsi, was a Persian poet and the author of Shahnameh ("Book of Kings"), which is one of the world's longest epic poems created by a single poet, and the greatest epic of Persian-speaking countries. Ferdowsi is celebrated as one of the most influential figures of Persian literature and one of the greatest in the history of literature.
