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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SOLOMON TO SHEBA, by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Sang solomon to sheba Last Line: "the world a narrow pound." Alternate Author Name(s): Yeats, W. B. Subject(s): Love - Nature Of; Solomon (10th Century B.c.) | |||
Sang Solomon to Sheba, And kissed her dusky face, "All day long from mid-day We have talked in the one place. All day long from shadowless noon We have gone round and round In the narrow theme of love Like an old horse in a pound." To Solomon sang Sheba, Planted on his knees, "If you had broached a matter That might the learned please, You had before the sun had thrown Our shadows on the ground Discovered that my thoughts, not it, Are but a narrow pound." Sang Solomon to Sheba, And kissed her Arab eyes, "There's not a man or woman Born under the skies Dare match in learning with us two, And all day long we have found There's not a thing but love can make The world a narrow pound." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SOLOMON AND THE WITCH by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS SOLOMON'S PARENTS by GORDON BOTTOMLEY SOLOMON AND BALKIS by ROBERT BROWNING THE WANDERER: 5. IN HOLLAND: KING SOLOMON by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON ON PRIOR'S SOLOMON by JOHN BYROM SOLOMON'S PRAYER by MARY HAMPDEN CUTTS THE DEAD SOLOMON by JOHN AYLMER DORGAN WORD-PORTRAITS: SOLOMON by ROBERT GREENE SIXTEEN DEAD MEN by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS |
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