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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE PROTECTOR, by IBN SHARAF First Line: Let noble thy protector be Last Line: To fill thy ears, and mouth, and eyes. | |||
Let Noble thy protector be, Then care not what may chance to thee; With him thy breastplate have no fear, Thou art secure from Fortune's spear. He is as lofty as his name, His deeds and titles mean the same; Alike in actions and in speech He has attained fame's highest reach. The Lord, the Glorious, the Free, The Noble: all of these is he, Describing and connoting him, His pleonastic synonym. He ornaments the name of Great Which other men depreciate; The sun has opposite degrees In Libra and in Aries. What lesser rulers make their boast His glory would disfigure most; So slender waists are highly prized, But slender thighs are much despised. Of him enquire, and in his praise Be speaking, on his beauty gaze, And thou shalt find sufficient prize To fill thy ears, and mouth, and eyes. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WHEN JOHNNY COMES MARCHING HOME by PATRICK SARSFIELD GILMORE A FAREWELL [TO C.E.G.] by CHARLES KINGSLEY THE BRONCHO THAT WOULD NOT BE BROKEN by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY EXHORTATION TO PRAYER by MARGARET MERCER CATHOLIC HYMN by EDGAR ALLAN POE RECONCILIATION by WALT WHITMAN ON HIS RETURN FROM SPAIN by THOMAS WYATT |
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