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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
RICH AND POOR, by AL-HAITHAM First Line: The poor are treated scurvily Last Line: Of shining guineas gleam. Alternate Author Name(s): Ibn Abi L-haytham | |||
The poor are treated scurvily, And men with unanimity Throng the rich man's gate: 'Tis the decree of Fate. Mankind, indeed, are likest to Mad moths, and flutter, so they do, Where they see the beam Of shining guineas gleam. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...I WANT TO LIVE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON IN DISPRAISE OF THE MOON by MARY ELIZABETH COLERIDGE THE WILL OF GOD by FREDERICK WILLIAM FABER ARNOLD [VON] WINKELRIED by JAMES MONTGOMERY A FORSAKEN GARDEN by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE PROMETHEUS BOUND: PROMETHEUS IN THE EARTHQUAKE by AESCHYLUS A BURIAL-PLACE by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM |
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