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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
VULTURES, by GHALIB IBN RIBAH AL-HAJJAM First Line: The dead lie strewn about Last Line: With henna their white hair. | |||
The dead lie strewn about Like stones; the vultures dart To pluck their vitals out And rend their ribs apart. All crimson with the meal, They look as though they were Old women, who aneal With henna their white hair. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BROKEN WATER WHEEL by GHALIB IBN RIBAH AL-HAJJAM THE CANDLE by GHALIB IBN RIBAH AL-HAJJAM THE PEN by GHALIB IBN RIBAH AL-HAJJAM THE STORK by GHALIB IBN RIBAH AL-HAJJAM THE TOOTHPICK by GHALIB IBN RIBAH AL-HAJJAM ON A PICTURE OF LEANDER by JOHN KEATS THE ARMADA; A FRAGMENT by THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY URANIA; THE WOMAN IN THE MOON: THE FOURTH CANTO, OR LAST QUARTER by WILLIAM BASSE |
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