 | Abraham Valentine Williams Jackson - 1906 - 864 Seiten
...WHENCESOEVEE THOU COMEST (FOR I KNOW THOU WILT COME), I AM CYRUS, WHO FOUNDED THE EMPIRE OP THE PERSIANS. GRUDGE ME NOT THEREFORE THIS LITTLE EARTH THAT COVERS MY BODY. The tone of the inscriptions sounds genuine, especially in the combination of proud glory and deep humility,... | |
 | Francis Bradley Bradley-Birt - 1910 - 366 Seiten
...sepulchre of Cyrus after all the centuries that have passed. The very emptiness within is impressive. There is no sign of a great rock coffin as in the...was the companion of Alexander, an eye-witness of what he writes. This account of the famous visit makes curious reading now beside the once more despoiled... | |
 | Hermann Norden - 1928 - 348 Seiten
...is not now to be found. " O thou, whosoever thou art and whencesoever thou comest (for I know that thou wilt come), I am Cyrus, the founder of the Persian...therefore, this little earth that covers my body." There is no trace left, but so long as the legend endures, the effacement of the stone-cut characters... | |
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O thou whosoever thou art and whencesoever thou comest (for I know thou wilt come), I am Cyrus, the founder of the Persian Empire. Grudge me not therefore this little earth that covers my body. 