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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
RICH AND POOR, by AL-HAITHAM First Line: The poor are treated scurvily Last Line: Of shining guineas gleam. Alternate Author Name(s): Ibn Abi L-haytham | |||
The poor are treated scurvily, And men with unanimity Throng the rich man's gate: 'Tis the decree of Fate. Mankind, indeed, are likest to Mad moths, and flutter, so they do, Where they see the beam Of shining guineas gleam. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VIGNETTES OVERSEAS: 7. ROME by SARA TEASDALE SONNET: OF THREE GIRLS AND OF THEIR TALK by GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO FRINGED GENTIAN by EMILY DICKINSON ROBIN REDBREAST by GEORGE WASHINGTON DOANE SONNET: 46 by WILLIAM DRUMMOND OF HAWTHORNDEN IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH |
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