Sang Solomon to Sheba, And kissed her dusky face, "All day long from mid-day We have talked in the one place. All day long from shadowless noon We have gone round and round In the narrow theme of love Like an old horse in a pound." To Solomon sang Sheba, Planted on his knees, "If you had broached a matter That might the learned please, You had before the sun had thrown Our shadows on the ground Discovered that my thoughts, not it, Are but a narrow pound." Sang Solomon to Sheba, And kissed her Arab eyes, "There's not a man or woman Born under the skies Dare match in learning with us two, And all day long we have found There's not a thing but love can make The world a narrow pound." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MEMORY by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH THE VANITY OF HUMAN WISHES; THE 10TH SATIRE OF JUVENAL, IMITATED by SAMUEL JOHNSON (1709-1784) A TRIP TO PARIS AND BELGIUM: 16. ANTWERP TO GHENT by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI THIS COMPOST: 1. by WALT WHITMAN AN UPPER CHAMBER by FRANCES BANNERMAN ELLEN BRINE OV ALLENBURN by WILLIAM BARNES THE WANDERER: PROLOGUE. PART 2 by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON |