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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NIGHT BY THE RIVER, by MUHAMMAD AL-MU'TAMID II First Line: Sweet night of joyous merriment Last Line: And oh, the beauty of my flower! Alternate Author Name(s): Mu'tamid, Al-; Al-mu'tamid Of Sevilla | |||
Sweet night of joyous merriment Beside the swerving stream I spent, Beside the maid about whose wrist So sweetly swerved her bracelet's twist: She loosed her robe, that I might see Her body, lissom as a tree: The calyx opened in that hour And oh, the beauty of my flower! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MOTHER EARTH by GEORGE SANTAYANA THE BATTLE-FIELD by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT THE END OF THE EPISODE by THOMAS HARDY BALLAD: TIME OF ROSES by THOMAS HOOD LOVE AND AGE by THOMAS LOVE PEACOCK FEELINGS OF A REPUBLICAN ON THE FALL OF BONAPARTE by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY |
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