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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 EIGHTEEN-DOLLAR TAXI TRIP TO TIZAPAN AND BACK TO CHAPALA by CLARENCE MAJOR THE NEW APOCRYPHA: BERENICE by EDGAR LEE MASTERS THE OVIDIAN ELEGIAC METRE, DESCRIBED AND EXEMPLIFIED by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE EARLY MORN by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES IN THE GARDEN (1) by EMILY DICKINSON ST. JOHN'S, CAMBRIDGE; SONNET by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW STREET CORNER COLLEGE by KENNETH PATCHEN BIRTH by ANNIE RAYMOND STILLMAN |
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