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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AN ARAB WELCOME, by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Because thou com'st, a weary guest
Last Line: With the same pleasure that he gives him bread!
Subject(s): Arabs
First Line: Because thou com'st, a weary guest
Last Line: With the same pleasure that he gives him bread!
Subject(s): Arabs
BECAUSE thou com'st, a weary guest,
Unto my tent, I bid thee rest.
This cruse of oil, this skin of wine,
These tamarinds and dates are thine;
And while thou eatest, Medjid, there,
Shall bathe the heated nostrils of thy mare.
Illah il' Allah! Even so
An Arab chieftain treats a foe,
Holds him as one without a fault
Who breaks his bread and tastes his salt;
And, in fair battle, strikes him dead
With the same pleasure that he gives him bread!
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