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THE VINE, by MUHAMMAD AL-MU'TAMID II First Line: As I was passing by Last Line: Your thirsting bones to slake.' Alternate Author Name(s): Mu'tamid, Al-; Al-mu'tamid Of Sevilla | ||||||||
As I was passing by A vine, its tendrils tugged my sleeve. 'Do you design', said I, 'My body so to grieve?' 'Why do you pass', the vine Replied, 'and never greeting make? It took this blood of mine Your thirsting bones to slake.' | Other Poems of Interest...THE YOUNG MYSTIC by LOUIS UNTERMEYER THE BALLAD OF WILLIAM SYCAMORE (1790-1880) by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET DEDICATIONS AND INSCRIPTIONS: 6. GRUACH by GORDON BOTTOMLEY THE USE OF FLOWERS by MARY HOWITT STONEWALL JACKSON'S WAY by JOHN WILLIAMSON PALMER IN A SPRING GROVE by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM HINC LACHRIMAE; OR THE AUTHOR TO AURORA: 9 by WILLIAM BOSWORTH |
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