Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DRINKING SONG, by AVENZOAR First Line: A house well supplied Last Line: Are devils, and worse! Alternate Author Name(s): Abu Marwun `abd Ad-malik Ibn Abi Al-`ala' Zuhr; Ibn Zuhr | ||||||||
A house well supplied, A door ever wide, Good wine in the cask, A pitcher, a flask. A friend of delight To greet with the night, His manners all charm, His kisses no harm. And if he deny Or bid up too high, The cup and the purse Are devils, and worse! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FETES GALANTES: PANYOMIME by PAUL VERLAINE FOR LAUREL AND HARDY ON MY WORKROOM WALL by DAVID WAGONER THE GREEN MOUNTAIN BOYS [MAY 9, 1775] by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT W'EN I GITS HOME by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR RIDDLE: TEETH AND GUMS by MOTHER GOOSE A WORLD BEYOND by NATHANIEL INGERSOLL BOWDITCH |
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