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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SCURVY ENTERTAINMENT, by ABU ABD ALLAH First Line: Abdul aziz one day Last Line: Plucked from her withered jowl! | |||
Abdul Aziz one day Invited me to stay: May Allah, if He please, Not bless Abdul Aziz! He poured me wine, the which Was black as bubbling pitch, And served (this really hurt!) Goats' horns for my dessert. Then came a foul old hag And offered me a bag Of raisins, each a mole Plucked from her withered jowl! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WINE AND CITRON by ABU ABD ALLAH THE FOOL'S ADVENTURE by LASCELLES ABERCROMBIE SOLILOQUY; NOVEMBER 11, 1928 by N. R. A. BECKER AN AUTUMN TRINKET by THOMAS EDWARD BROWN TO A CLOUD by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT THAT'S VERMONT by DANIEL LEAVENS CADY THE MASTER CRIMINAL by ROBERT CARY PETER PAN by PATRICK REGINALD CHALMERS FRINGED GENTIAN by ANNE ARNOLD CHASE |
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