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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
RICH AND POOR, by AL-HAITHAM First Line: The poor are treated scurvily Last Line: Of shining guineas gleam. Alternate Author Name(s): Ibn Abi L-haytham | |||
The poor are treated scurvily, And men with unanimity Throng the rich man's gate: 'Tis the decree of Fate. Mankind, indeed, are likest to Mad moths, and flutter, so they do, Where they see the beam Of shining guineas gleam. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FREDERICK DOUGLASS by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR BERNARDO DEL CARPIO by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS PINE TREES by MAXWELL BODENHEIM EPIGRAM ON JOHN TOOTH by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) OCTOBER TWILIGHT by VINCENT GODFREY BURNS PERSHING AT THE TOMB OF LAFAYETTE by AMELIA JOSEPHINE BURR APRIL, OR THE NEW HAT by CHARLES STUART CALVERLEY TO MY MISTRESS SITTING BY A RIVER'S SIDE; AN EDDY by THOMAS CAREW |
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