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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TWO SUNS, by AL-DABBAJ First Line: When she floated into sight Last Line: Sure cure for my ophthalmia! | |||
When she floated into sight On heaven's rim the sun was bright; So I saw two suns appear, The other distant, this one near. The sun's wont, as all men find, Is the beholder's eyes to blind; This sun's light, I found, was a Sure cure for my ophthalmia! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A DOUBLE STANDARD by FRANCES ELLEN WATKINS HARPER THE BURNING BABE by ROBERT SOUTHWELL SONNET PREFIXED TO 'NENNIO, OR A TREATISE OF NOBILITY' by EDMUND SPENSER VERSES ADDRESSED TO IMITATOR OF FIRST SATIRE OF HORACE by MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU |
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