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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BARAKEESH, by HANIEL (CLARK) LONG Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: You tell me that the green god says Last Line: When worst has come to worst. | |||
You tell me that the green god says That Barakeesh is fair; I answer that the strangest stars Are shining everywhere, That unaccustomed suns arise, And life is gay and sweet As the tinkle of the camel bells Along your phantom street. O friend of God, if I decline To taste the gift you give 'Tis that I need no hash-a-eesh To coax me still to live. Plain every day is vice enough, With moons to quench my thirst; And I let the roses poppy me When worst has come to worst. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A SEA MAIDEN by HANIEL (CLARK) LONG AFTER A CITY WINTER by HANIEL (CLARK) LONG AGAINST THE RISING MOON by HANIEL (CLARK) LONG AND THEN I SAW A MAID by HANIEL (CLARK) LONG APRIL, 1917 by HANIEL (CLARK) LONG ASCUTNEY by HANIEL (CLARK) LONG CONFIDENCES by HANIEL (CLARK) LONG |
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