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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 THE SONG OF THE INGENUES by PAUL VERLAINE SOLUTIONS by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN THE PINES AND THE SEA by CHRISTOPHER PEARSE CRANCH NAPOLEON by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE CATHOLIC HYMN by EDGAR ALLAN POE ON THE MEDUSA OF LEONARDO DA VINCI IN THE FLORENTINE GALLERY by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY THE WINDOW; OR, THE SONG OF THE WRENS: THE LETTER by ALFRED TENNYSON |
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