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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE HANDSOME KNIGHT, by MUHAMMAD AL-MU'TAMID II First Line: And when, accoutred in your mail Last Line: Its radiance to shroud. Alternate Author Name(s): Mu'tamid, Al-; Al-mu'tamid Of Sevilla | |||
And when, accoutred in your mail And with your helmet for a veil That hid your beauty from the day, You charged into the fray, We deemed your countenance to be The noonday sun, now suddenly Occluded by an amber cloud Its radiance to shroud. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BARMAID AND THE ALEXANDRITE by KAREN SWENSON IMITATION OF POPE: A COMPLIMENT TO THE LADIES by WILLIAM BLAKE THE MENTAL TRAVELLER by WILLIAM BLAKE FRIENDSHIP; A SONNET by ALFRED TENNYSON STORM AT SEA (1) by ALCAEUS OF MYTILENE SATIRE: 2 by AULUS PERSIUS FLACCUS A CITY PIPER by MORRIS ABEL BEER PREFERENCE by CHARLOTTE BRONTE ASOLANDO: FLUTE-MUSIC, WITH AN ACCOMPANIMENT by ROBERT BROWNING |
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