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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE WATER WHEEL, by ABU ABD ALLAH First Line: Back arching: so Last Line: Importuning of lack. | |||
Back arching: so See her bending low To suckle with her waters Earth's lovely daughters. Her upper half is like A twanging bow, to strike With a liquid tide Of arrows every side. Or she is a sphere Celestial, her sheer Waters meteors hurled Upon a barren world. The slim boughs entrance Her with their swaying dance; Behold her twirling, Her sharp swords whirling. Not of thirst she groans I think, nor moans Parched, her shoulder-blade Drenched in that cascade. Suppose her then a maid Singing, and the glade A drinker, all a throng Of wine and song: Her sprinkled dew Over the dark hue White gifts to the black Importuning of lack. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WINE AND CITRON by ABU ABD ALLAH A SONG OF COURAGE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON SING-SONG; A NURSERY RHYME BOOK: 20 by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI SPRING QUIET by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI SONNET: 98 by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE CIVIL WAR by CHARLES DAWSON SHANLY A DESCRIPTION OF SUCH A ONE AS HE WOULD LOVE by THOMAS WYATT MORTAL JEALOUSY by PHILIP AYRES |
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