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 REAR-GUARD by SIEGFRIED SASSOON FEELINGS OF A REPUBLICAN ON THE FALL OF BONAPARTE by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY THE ENTHUSIAST, OR, THE LOVER OF NATURE by JOSEPH WARTON THE BLIND MAN by WILLIAM HERVEY ALLEN JR. PEARLS OF THE FAITH: 86. AL-JAMI'H by EDWIN ARNOLD |
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