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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DRINKING SONG, by AVENZOAR First Line: A house well supplied Last Line: Are devils, and worse! Alternate Author Name(s): Abu Marwun `abd Ad-malik Ibn Abi Al-`ala' Zuhr; Ibn Zuhr | |||
A house well supplied, A door ever wide, Good wine in the cask, A pitcher, a flask. A friend of delight To greet with the night, His manners all charm, His kisses no harm. And if he deny Or bid up too high, The cup and the purse Are devils, and worse! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TUNK (A LECTURE ON MODERN EDUCATION) by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON MARRIAGE by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS THE DORCHESTER GIANT by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES VISIONS OF THE WORLDS VANITIE by EDMUND SPENSER PIRATE STORY by ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON PREPARATORY MEDITATIONS, 1ST SERIES: 1 by EDWARD TAYLOR IN A SPRING GROVE by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM INVITATION by JOHANNA AMBROSIUS |
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