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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE INCENSE BURNER, by ABUS SALT First Line: Though its heart was all aflame Last Line: Paradise was theirs. Alternate Author Name(s): Abu Salt Umayya; Abu I-salt Umayyah | |||
Though its heart was all aflame, Yet it never knew that same Grief of parting, and that woe Sundered lovers know. When the lightning of the wine Bathed the drinkers in its shine, What a brave cloud billowed thence Sweet with frankincense! Never saw I, all my days, Such a conflagration blaze To persuade the revellers Paradise was theirs. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE WHITE CHARGER by ABUS SALT SANDHILL PEOPLE by CARL SANDBURG ALNWICK CASTLE by FITZ-GREENE HALLECK ENVOY, TO 'MORE SONGS FROM VAGABONDIA' by RICHARD HOVEY CLANCY OF THE MOUNTED POLICE by ROBERT WILLIAM SERVICE THE BEAUTIFUL LAND OF NOD by ELLA WHEELER WILCOX THE CHEAT OF CUPID; OR THE UNGENTLE GUEST by ANACREON THE NEW CRUSADE by KATHARINE LEE BATES MERCY PLEADS by LUCRETIA STOUT BELLOWS BODY AND SOUL: A METAPHYSICAL ARGUMENT by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT |
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