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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
METEOR, by AL-HAITHAM First Line: Was yon a charger, or Last Line: A line of manuscript. Alternate Author Name(s): Ibn Abi L-haytham | |||
Was yon a charger, or A flashing meteor That passed me, blinding bright, A levin-shaft alight? The dawn had lent its pale Effulgence for a veil, Wherein (and it was apt Indeed) he fled enwrapped. And, as he sped, he thought The urgent morning sought To capture (but in vain) Its glittering loan again. The stars hung in the sky, So swiftly he swept by; The clouds in wonderment Guessed not the way he went. Astonishing indeed: Though he excelled in speed The stars, for all his haste The dust his feet abased. What noble prize is he To treasure jealously; His saddle-cloth (behold!) Spun all of liquid gold. Some copyist, I think, With musk in lieu of ink Upon his pasterns dripped A line of manuscript. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE MODERN MOTHER by ALICE MEYNELL MONNA INNOMINATA, A SONNET OF SONNETS: 14 by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI WORLDLY PLACE by MATTHEW ARNOLD AUGUST SUNSET OVER LAKE CHAMPLAIN by FRANK A. BALCH THE END OF THE WORLD by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON THE BATTLE MUSIC by HARRY RANDOLPH BLYTHE A FLY THAT FLEW INTO MY MISTRESS HER EYE by THOMAS CAREW |
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