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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SKIFF, by AL-MUNSAFI First Line: Its legs unlooping Last Line: Lashes of the eye. | |||
Its legs unlooping I watched a swimmer glide, A falcon swooping By eagles terrified: An eyeball squinting Acutely at the sky, Its oars the glinting Lashes of the eye. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AN EXPATIATION ON THE COMBINING OF WEATHERS AT THIRTY .... by HAYDEN CARRUTH HELEN, THE SAD QUEEN by PAUL VALERY O MORS! QUAM AMARA EST MEMORIA TUA HOMINI PACEM HABENTI by ERNEST CHRISTOPHER DOWSON THE ART OF PRESERVING HEALTH: BOOK 2. THE GASTRIC MUSE by JOHN ARMSTRONG HINTS OF AN HISTORICAL PLAY TO BE CALLED WILLIAM RUFUS by RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM |
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