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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE WATER WHEEL, by ABU ABD ALLAH First Line: Back arching: so Last Line: Importuning of lack. | |||
Back arching: so See her bending low To suckle with her waters Earth's lovely daughters. Her upper half is like A twanging bow, to strike With a liquid tide Of arrows every side. Or she is a sphere Celestial, her sheer Waters meteors hurled Upon a barren world. The slim boughs entrance Her with their swaying dance; Behold her twirling, Her sharp swords whirling. Not of thirst she groans I think, nor moans Parched, her shoulder-blade Drenched in that cascade. Suppose her then a maid Singing, and the glade A drinker, all a throng Of wine and song: Her sprinkled dew Over the dark hue White gifts to the black Importuning of lack. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WINE AND CITRON by ABU ABD ALLAH FAITH by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON DEDICATION TO THE LATER SONNETS TO URANIA by GEORGE SANTAYANA A MINUET OF MOZART'S by SARA TEASDALE A PROPER NEW BALLAD [ENTITLED THE FAIRIES' FAREWELL] by RICHARD CORBET FOR THAT HE LOOKED NOT UPON HER by GEORGE GASCOIGNE THE WILLOWS by FRANCIS BRET HARTE FOR CHARLIE'S SAKE by JOHN WILLIAMSON PALMER THE SPIRIT OF NATURE by RICHARD REALF |
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