Secretly to love & to drink, what is it? tis a dissolute day's work. I side with the open drunkards, be it as it may. Loose the knots of the heart & cumber thee no farther for the lot No geometer has yet disentangled this confusion. At the trade & changes of Time wonder not; The like enchantments keeps Destiny ready. Hold the glass discreetly, it was put together Of the skulls of Jamschid, Keikobad, & Behmen, Who teaches us where Kai was & Nimrod are gone How the throne of Jamschid fell in pieces at last See Ferhad, how he longs for the lips of Schirin Out of the flood of tears sprang tulips before him. Come I will be riotous & wasted by wine Who knows but I shall find treasures in a desolate house | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HESPERUS THE BRINGER by SAPPHO A CRADLE SONG OF THE NIGHT WIND by WILLIS BOYD ALLEN THE LAST MAN; A LAKE by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES THE BATTLE OF VIENNA by SEYMOUR GREEN WHEELER BENJAMIN UNBELIEVABLE by EDITH GRACE BERKNESS |