Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BODY AND SOUL, by AWHAD AD-DIN 'ALI IBN VAHID MUHAMMAD KHAVARANI First Line: A painter in china once painted a hall Last Line: Beware that the counterpart blazes with light! Alternate Author Name(s): Anvari; Enweri | ||||||||
A painter in China once painted a hall; -- Such a web never hung on an emperor's wall; -- One half from his brush with rich colors did run, The other he touched with a beam of the sun; So that all which delighted the eye in one side, The same, point for point, in the other replied. In thee, friend, that Tyrian chamber is found; Thine the star-pointing roof, and the base on the ground: Is one half depicted with colors less bright? Beware that the counterpart blazes with light! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE PHANTOM HORSEWOMAN by THOMAS HARDY THE MAN CHRIST by THERESE (KARPER) LINDSEY THE BRIDE AND GROOM by WILLIAM EDWARD ADAMS BIRTHDAY LINES TO AGNES BAILLIE by JOANNA BAILLIE DELAY by CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES TO MR. BLEECKER, ON HIS PASSAGE TO NEW YORK by ANN ELIZA BLEECKER |
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