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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE INCENSE BURNER, by ABUS SALT First Line: Though its heart was all aflame Last Line: Paradise was theirs. Alternate Author Name(s): Abu Salt Umayya; Abu I-salt Umayyah | |||
Though its heart was all aflame, Yet it never knew that same Grief of parting, and that woe Sundered lovers know. When the lightning of the wine Bathed the drinkers in its shine, What a brave cloud billowed thence Sweet with frankincense! Never saw I, all my days, Such a conflagration blaze To persuade the revellers Paradise was theirs. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE WHITE CHARGER by ABUS SALT CALLING DREAMS by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE SONG OF THE MAD WOMAN'S SON by KAREN SWENSON THE DEATH OF ADONIS by THEOCRITUS THE ART OF PRESERVING HEALTH: BOOK 3. EXERCISE by JOHN ARMSTRONG HITOPADESA: DEDICATION by EDWIN ARNOLD TO THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON ON HEARING HIM MISPRAISED by MATTHEW ARNOLD BATTLE AT THE RIVER RAISIN; JANUARY 22, 1813 by LEVI BISHOP THE EARL'S RETURN by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON THE PRESENT AND THE PAST IN THE TWELFTH CENTURY by CHRETIEN DE TROYES |
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