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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
VULTURES, by GHALIB IBN RIBAH AL-HAJJAM First Line: The dead lie strewn about Last Line: With henna their white hair. | |||
The dead lie strewn about Like stones; the vultures dart To pluck their vitals out And rend their ribs apart. All crimson with the meal, They look as though they were Old women, who aneal With henna their white hair. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BROKEN WATER WHEEL by GHALIB IBN RIBAH AL-HAJJAM THE CANDLE by GHALIB IBN RIBAH AL-HAJJAM THE PEN by GHALIB IBN RIBAH AL-HAJJAM THE STORK by GHALIB IBN RIBAH AL-HAJJAM THE TOOTHPICK by GHALIB IBN RIBAH AL-HAJJAM SPRING DAY: NIGHT AND SLEEP by AMY LOWELL THE FORCE OF LOVE by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES LOVE IN THE VALLEY (VERSION A) by GEORGE MEREDITH HESPERUS THE BRINGER by SAPPHO |
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