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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...A SOLDIER LISTENS by JEAN STARR UNTERMEYER THE CELLO by RICHARD WATSON GILDER MY AUNT by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES THREE BLIND MICE by MOTHER GOOSE TO A FOIL'D EUROPEAN REVOLUTIONAIRE by WALT WHITMAN CENTENNIAL HYMN by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER ON READING 'VORTICIST POEM ON LOVE' by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS COMOS by ADRA CAROLINE BATCHELDER |
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