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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE YOUNG CARPENTER, by AL-RUSAFI First Line: When I was told he had been learning Last Line: When they were branches on a tree. Alternate Author Name(s): Rusafi, Muhammad Ibn Ghalib Al- | |||
When I was told he had been learning To be a carpenter, I said, 'Perchance he learned his craft by turning His eyes, to turn a fellow's head!' Unhappy boughs! They'll soon be rueing He chose to chop them, this fine spring, For some are singled out for hewing, And some are marked for hammering. Converted to a wooden block! It's A just reward for roguery And ever plucking at his pockets When they were branches on a tree. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE WEAVER'S APPRENTICE by AL-RUSAFI TO THE SHADE OF PO CHU-I by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS ON THE BUST OF HELEN BY CANOVA by GEORGE GORDON BYRON GYPSY MAN by JAMES LANGSTON HUGHES AUBADE [OR, A MORNING SONG FOR IMOGEN], FR. CYMBELINE by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE A MARLOW MADRIGAL by JOSEPH ASHBY-STERRY THE WHITE ROAD UP ATHIRT THE HILL by WILLIAM BARNES THE OLD THIRTEEN by CHARLES TIMOTHY BROOKS |
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