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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SKIFF, by AL-MUNSAFI First Line: Its legs unlooping Last Line: Lashes of the eye. | |||
Its legs unlooping I watched a swimmer glide, A falcon swooping By eagles terrified: An eyeball squinting Acutely at the sky, Its oars the glinting Lashes of the eye. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WOMAN, GALLUP, N.M. by KAREN SWENSON STANZAS IN MEMORY OF THE AUTHOR OF OBERMANN by MATTHEW ARNOLD A,B,C by CHARLES STUART CALVERLEY REVELRY OF THE DYING by BARTHOLOMEW DOWLING FAUST: SCENE 1. PROLOGUE IN HEAVEN by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE THE NOBLEMAN AND THE PENSIONER by GOTTLIEB KONRAD PFEFFEL A DREAM OF FAIR WOMEN by ALFRED TENNYSON SONGS OF NIGHT TO MORNING: 2. AND YET by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) |
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