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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
INVITATION, by AL-MUTAWAKKIL First Line: O abu talib, arise Last Line: While you remain afar. | |||
O Abu Talib, rise And hasten to our view, Then fall like morning dew Upon our weary eyes. The necklace that we are Its middle gem still wants To crown its brilliance, While you remain afar. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TENEBRIS by ANGELINA WELD GRIMKE THE PITY OF IT by THOMAS HARDY THE DORCHESTER GIANT by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES ANIMAL CRACKERS by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY ALL THIS by REBA MAXWELL AVERY THE STEAM-ENGINE: CANTO 10. THE RAILWAY BOOM, 1845 by T. BAKER THE SINGERS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) |
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