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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AN EASTERN APOLOGUE, by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Melik the sultan, tired and wan Last Line: Time, like the sultan, sits .. And nods. Alternate Author Name(s): Dobson, Austin | |||
(TO E. H. P.) MELIK the Sultan, tired and wan, Nodded at noon on his divan. Beside the fountain lingered near JAMIL the bard, and the vizier -- Old YUSUF, sour and hard to please; Then JAMIL sang, in words like these. Slim is Butheina -- slim is she As boughs of the Araka tree! 'Nay,' quoth the other, teeth between, 'Lean, if you will, -- I call her lean.' Sweet is Butheina -- sweet as wine, With smiles that like red bubbles shine! 'True, -- by the Prophet!' YUSUF said. 'She makes men wander in the head!' Dear is Butheina -- ah! more dear Than all the maidens of Kashmeer! 'Dear,' came the answer, quick as thought, 'Dear .. and yet always to be bought.' So JAMIL ceased. But still Life's page Shows diverse unto YOUTH and AGE: And -- be the song of ghouls or gods -- TIME, like the Sultan, sits .. and nods. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A GAGE D'AMOUR by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON A GARDEN SONG by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON ARS VICTRIX (IMITATED FROM THEOPHILE GAUTIER) by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON BEFORE SEDAN by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON DORA VERSUS ROSE by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON GROWING GRAY by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW; IN MEMORIAM by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON IN AFTER DAYS; RONDEAU by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON THE BALLAD OF PROSE AND RHYME by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON WHEN THERE IS PEACE by HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON |
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