Poems from The Divan of Hafiz is a 1897 collection of poems by Gertrude Bell. Contents include: Arise, Oh Cup-Bearer, Rise! And Bring , The Bird Of Gardens Sang Unto The Rose , Wind From The East, Oh Lapwing Of The Day , Sleep On Thine Eyes, Bright As Narcissus Flowers , Oh Turkish Maid Of Shiraz! In Thy Hand , A Flower-Tinted Cheek, The Flowery Close , From The Garden Of Heaven A Western Breeze , The Rose Has Flushed Red, The Bud Has Burst , etc. A wonderful collection of poems written by a woman who played a major role in establishing administering the modern state of Iraq. Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell, CBE (1868-1926) was an English writer, political officer, traveller, archaeologist, and administrator. She became an important policy-maker in the British Empire as a result of her extensive knowledge and contacts, which she built up through her numerous travels in Mesopotamia, Greater Syria, Asia Minor, and Arabia. Other notable works by this author include: Poems from the Divan of Hafiz (1892), The Desert and the Sown (1907), and Mountains of the Servants of God (1910). This classic work is being republished now in a new edition with specially curated introductory material.