place
Shiraz
also: Schiras
City of southern Persia (Iran), renowned for roses, gardens, and the poetry of Saadi and Hafiz. Paired with Isfahan in Sonnet II.21 as the unreachable garden the heart is told to praise.
Reading notes
- The Sonnets to Orpheus §47 Shiraz
City of southern Persia, renowned for roses, gardens, and the poetry of Saadi and Hafiz; paired with Isfahan as the garden 'poured into glass, clear, unreachable.'