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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 BAD CHILD'S BOOK OF BEASTS: INTRODUCTION by HILAIRE BELLOC THE GAME OF CHESS by EZRA POUND THE RIDE-BY-NIGHTS by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE YOU ON THE TOWER by THOMAS HARDY SONNET OF HIS LADY IN HEAVEN by JACOPO DA LENTINO AGE IN YOUTH by TRUMBULL STICKNEY DINNER by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON TO MARY SINTON LEITCH, POET AND FRIEND by WILLIAM STANLEY BRAITHWAITE |
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