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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE WATER WHEEL, by ABU ABD ALLAH First Line: Back arching: so Last Line: Importuning of lack. | |||
Back arching: so See her bending low To suckle with her waters Earth's lovely daughters. Her upper half is like A twanging bow, to strike With a liquid tide Of arrows every side. Or she is a sphere Celestial, her sheer Waters meteors hurled Upon a barren world. The slim boughs entrance Her with their swaying dance; Behold her twirling, Her sharp swords whirling. Not of thirst she groans I think, nor moans Parched, her shoulder-blade Drenched in that cascade. Suppose her then a maid Singing, and the glade A drinker, all a throng Of wine and song: Her sprinkled dew Over the dark hue White gifts to the black Importuning of lack. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WINE AND CITRON by ABU ABD ALLAH JAWEH AND ALLAH BATTLE by ALLEN GINSBERG GOOD COMPANY by KARLE WILSON BAKER SONG OF MARION'S MEN by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT KILLED AT THE FORD by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW HIGH FLIGHT by JOHN GILLESPIE MAGEE JR. |
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