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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE MOTH, by ABU YAHYA
First Line: The moth a merry caper
Last Line: Upon the carpet, dead.
Subject(s): Moths
First Line: The moth a merry caper
Last Line: Upon the carpet, dead.
Subject(s): Moths
The moth a merry caper
Around my flagon turned,
Supposing it a taper
That in the shadows burned.
With beating wings he hung him
About the flame I shed,
Until the flagon flung him
Upon the carpet, dead.
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