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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BOUNTY, by ABUS SALT First Line: Tis no matter to amaze Last Line: To evoke its song of love? Alternate Author Name(s): Abu Salt Umayya; Abu I-salt Umayyah | |||
'Tis no matter to amaze If thy gifts outstripped my praise, Or thy bounty overfilled This my vessel, ere it spilled. Is the branch not robed in green Long before its fruit is seen, And must we not ring the dove To evoke its song of love? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INCENSE BURNER by ABUS SALT THE WHITE CHARGER by ABUS SALT THE LANDSCAPE by EDGAR LEE MASTERS VLAMERTINGHE: PASSING THE CHATEAU, JULY 1917 by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN DON JUAN: DEDICATION [OR, INVOCATION] by GEORGE GORDON BYRON ARS VICTRIX (IMITATED FROM THEOPHILE GAUTIER) by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON THE OLD CHURCHYARD OF BONCHURCH by PHILIP BOURKE MARSTON HERTHA by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE AT THE FIREMEN'S EXHIBITION by CHARLES WILLIAM BRODRIBB |
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