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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SAKI, by AL-TALIQ First Line: Slender bough a-swing Last Line: Sunset's flaming rose. | |||
Slender bough a-swing On a swelling dune, Fruit of flame a-swoon My heart gathering. Curling tresses slide O'er his cheeks; behold Over silver, gold Streaming liquified. Perfect loveliness Dwells upon his brow; Lovely is the bough In his leafy dress. Aureate the cup In his fingers gleams; Over dawn meseems Day is mounting up. Wine, the sun, swings high Westward to his lips, And his finger-tips Frame its eastern sky. Down his throat it flows To the sleep it seeks, Leaving in his cheeks Sunset's flaming rose. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DOMESDAY BOOK: THE CONVENT by EDGAR LEE MASTERS SONNET (4) by JOACHIM DU BELLAY ON THE WAY TO CHURCH by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT TO IRON-FOUNDERS AND OTHERS by GORDON BOTTOMLEY THE ACID TEST by BERTON BRALEY BOILING SAP AT NIGHT IN VERMONT by DANIEL LEAVENS CADY |
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