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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...EARTH'S ANSWER, FR. SONGS OF EXPERIENCE by WILLIAM BLAKE THE ARROW AND THE SONG by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW TO MY FIANCEE by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS STANZAS TO WILLIAM ROSCOE, ESQ. by BERNARD BARTON THE GOLDEN ODES OF PRE-ISLAMIC ARABIA: IBN KOLTHUM by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT THE DEAN OF FACULTY by ROBERT BURNS PROVERBIAL PHILOSOPHY: OF PROPRIETY by CHARLES STUART CALVERLEY |
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