|
|
Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NIGHT BY THE RIVER, by MUHAMMAD AL-MU'TAMID II First Line: Sweet night of joyous merriment Last Line: And oh, the beauty of my flower! Alternate Author Name(s): Mu'tamid, Al-; Al-mu'tamid Of Sevilla | |||
Sweet night of joyous merriment Beside the swerving stream I spent, Beside the maid about whose wrist So sweetly swerved her bracelet's twist: She loosed her robe, that I might see Her body, lissom as a tree: The calyx opened in that hour And oh, the beauty of my flower! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MOUNTAIN VALLEY by MALCOLM COWLEY THE YOUNG MAY MOON by THOMAS MOORE COMPOSED BY THE SIDE OF GRASMERE by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH ODE TO LUDLOW CASTLE by LUCY AIKEN EMBLEMS OF LOVE: 37. LOVE'S MY POLE-STAR by PHILIP AYRES |
| |