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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ARABIA, by LUCY AIKEN Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: Over arabia's desert sands Last Line: Poor, -- yet blest with liberty. Alternate Author Name(s): Aikin, Lucy | |||
Over Arabia's desert sands The patient camel walks; Mid lonely caves and rocky lands The fell hyaena stalks. On the cool and shady hills Coffee shrubs and tamarinds grow, Headlong fall the welcome rills Down the fruitful dells below. The fragrant myrrh and healing balm Perfume the passing gale; Thick hung with dates, the spreading palm Tow'rs o'er the people vale. Locusts oft, a living cloud, Hover in the darken'd air; Like a torrent dashing loud, Bringing famine and despair. And often o'er the level waste The stifling hot winds fly; Down falls the swain with trembling haste, The gasping cattle die. Shepherd people on the plain Pitch their tents and wander free; Wealthy cities they disdain, Poor, -- yet blest with liberty. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DIRGE FOR THE LATE JAMES CURRIE, M.D., OF LIVERPOOL by LUCY AIKEN EPISTLES ON THE CHARACTER AND CONDITION OF WOMEN: 1 by LUCY AIKEN EPISTLES ON THE CHARACTER AND CONDITION OF WOMEN: 2 by LUCY AIKEN EPISTLES ON THE CHARACTER AND CONDITION OF WOMEN: 3 by LUCY AIKEN MIDNIGHT THOUGHTS by LUCY AIKEN ODE TO LUDLOW CASTLE by LUCY AIKEN ON SEEING BLENHEIM CASTLE by LUCY AIKEN ON SEEING THE SUN SHINE ... MY WINDOW FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE YEAR by LUCY AIKEN |
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