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...PRAYERS by HENRY CHARLES BEECHING OVER THE RIVER by NANCY WOODBURY PRIEST A HYMN OF THE SEA by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT SEASIDE SONG: 1 by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON THE AGE by HERBERT EDWIN CLARKE ON A READER OF HIS OWN VERSES; EPIGRAM by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE IN MEMORY OF THE LATE JOHN THORNTON, ESQ by WILLIAM COWPER TO A YOUNG LADY WHO STOLE A PEN FROM THE PRINCE OF WALES'S STANDISH by WILLIAM COWPER |
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