Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A MOHAMMEDAN LESSON, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poet's Biography First Line: Garbed as a mussulman one day Last Line: That wine is not for christian men! Subject(s): Alcoholism & Alcoholics; Muslims; Moslems | ||||||||
Garbed as a Mussulman one day, A Paris student joked and laughed, And, just to finish off the play, He had the costume photographed. Then, still in Moslem garments dressed, A sidewalk restaurant he sought, And drank with many a clumsy jest The wine the grinning waiters brought. He drank, till haply came along A genuine Mohammedan, Keen-eyed, and bold, and quick, and strong, A ready and a righteous man. "Is't thus, you renegade," he cried, "You break the holy Prophet's law, Running that wine, a filthy tide, Into your beastly Moslem maw?" With that he struck the student's hand, The glasses smashed, the bottle broke, And curtly bade him understand That wine was not for Moslem folk! Ah, there's a lesson loud and clear, Worthy of mightiest voice and pen! Let all dishonoring tipplers hear That wine is not for Christian men! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE ARABIAN HORSE by WILLIAM STEWARD GORDON MAROZIE by ANDRE-FERDINAND HEROLD BATTLE HYMN OF THE SPANISH REBELLION by LOUIS ALEXANDER MACKAY THE WAR IN EUROPE: 1915; ABDALLAH OF CAIRO SPEAKS by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR THE LEPER KNIGHT; A LEGEND OF MALTA by CARROLL RYAN TO A YOUNG GIRL SINGING by HENRY VAN DYKE A BATTLE SONG (WRITTEN IN THE WORLD WAR) by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS A BELATED MEMORIAL by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS A BIBLE LOVER'S THANKSGIVING by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS A BIT OF GOOD WORK by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS |
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