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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE YOUNG CARPENTER, by AL-RUSAFI First Line: When I was told he had been learning Last Line: When they were branches on a tree. Alternate Author Name(s): Rusafi, Muhammad Ibn Ghalib Al- | |||
When I was told he had been learning To be a carpenter, I said, 'Perchance he learned his craft by turning His eyes, to turn a fellow's head!' Unhappy boughs! They'll soon be rueing He chose to chop them, this fine spring, For some are singled out for hewing, And some are marked for hammering. Converted to a wooden block! It's A just reward for roguery And ever plucking at his pockets When they were branches on a tree. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE WEAVER'S APPRENTICE by AL-RUSAFI STREET-CRIES: 2. THE SHIP OF EARTH by SIDNEY LANIER THE OLD SHIPS by JAMES ELROY FLECKER THE GRAVES OF A HOUSEHOLD by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS TO THE SHAH (1) by AWHAD AD-DIN 'ALI IBN VAHID MUHAMMAD KHAVARANI MASSACRE OF THE MACPHERSON by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN THE INVITATION by JAMES BARCLAY |
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