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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SAKI, by AL-TALIQ First Line: Slender bough a-swing Last Line: Sunset's flaming rose. | |||
Slender bough a-swing On a swelling dune, Fruit of flame a-swoon My heart gathering. Curling tresses slide O'er his cheeks; behold Over silver, gold Streaming liquified. Perfect loveliness Dwells upon his brow; Lovely is the bough In his leafy dress. Aureate the cup In his fingers gleams; Over dawn meseems Day is mounting up. Wine, the sun, swings high Westward to his lips, And his finger-tips Frame its eastern sky. Down his throat it flows To the sleep it seeks, Leaving in his cheeks Sunset's flaming rose. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LAST LINES OF THOMAS INGOLDSBY by RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM WHISPERS OF IMMORTALITY by THOMAS STEARNS ELIOT DEATH AND CUPID; AN ALLEGORY by JOHN GODFREY SAXE ONE CROWDED HOUR, FR. OLD MORTALITY by WALTER SCOTT POEM FOR PICTURE: TO A DRAWING OF A HORSE BY GEORGIO DI CHIRICO by FRANK ANKENBRAND JR. |
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