Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MOON OF LOVELINESS, by MUHAMMAD AL-MU'TAMID II First Line: She stood in all her slender grace Last Line: Except the moon's own lustre pale? Alternate Author Name(s): Mu'tamid, Al-; Al-mu'tamid Of Sevilla | ||||||||
She stood in all her slender grace Veiling the sun's orb from my face: O may her beauty ever be So veiled from time's inconstancy! It was as if she knew, I guess, She was a moon of loveliness; And may aught else the bright sun veil Except the moon's own lustre pale? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE CEMETERY BY THE SEA by PAUL VALERY THE TEMPEST: PROLOGUE by JOHN DRYDEN THE ROSE AND THORN by PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE HERE LIES A LADY by JOHN CROWE RANSOM A SUMMER NIGHT by GEORGE WILLIAM RUSSELL |
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