@3Thou mighty One! Whose mercy hath upraised Mankind to praise Thee, be Thou hereby praised!@1 Consider them that serve The false gods, how they lay in golden dishes Honey and fruits and fishes Before their idols; and the green fly comes, Shoots through the guarded gates, and hums Scorn of their offering, stealing what she will; And none of these great gods the thief can kill, So swift she is and small: And none of all Can make one little fly, for all their state; So feeble are they, and so falsely great. Ye people of the stocks and stones! herein A parable is set against your sin. But Allah high doth rule Whose hand made all things, being Powerful." @3Al-Kawî! King of power and might! Be Thy hand o'er us day and night!@1 | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE OLD FAMILIAR FACES by CHARLES LAMB SONNET: 19. ON HIS BLINDNESS by JOHN MILTON IN THE HOSPITAL by PATRICK JOHN MCALISTER ANDERSON SEA RHAPSODY by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON I CAN'T ABEAR by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE AN OFFERTORY by MARY ELIZABETH MAPES DODGE |