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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE YOUNG CARPENTER, by AL-RUSAFI First Line: When I was told he had been learning Last Line: When they were branches on a tree. Alternate Author Name(s): Rusafi, Muhammad Ibn Ghalib Al- | |||
When I was told he had been learning To be a carpenter, I said, 'Perchance he learned his craft by turning His eyes, to turn a fellow's head!' Unhappy boughs! They'll soon be rueing He chose to chop them, this fine spring, For some are singled out for hewing, And some are marked for hammering. Converted to a wooden block! It's A just reward for roguery And ever plucking at his pockets When they were branches on a tree. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE WEAVER'S APPRENTICE by AL-RUSAFI THE TOMB AT AKR CAAR by EZRA POUND TO HIS SON, VINCENT CORBET, ON HIS THIRD BIRTHDAY by RICHARD CORBET THE CROPPY BOY: (A BALLAD OF '98) by WILLIAM B. MCBURNEY RIFLEMAN FORM! by ALFRED TENNYSON IMMORTALIA NE SPERES by ALCAEUS OF MYTILENE MORGIANA DANCES by WILLIAM ROSE BENET THE ECLOGUE by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN |
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