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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BODY AND SOUL, by AWHAD AD-DIN 'ALI IBN VAHID MUHAMMAD KHAVARANI First Line: A painter in china once painted a hall Last Line: Beware that the counterpart blazes with light! Alternate Author Name(s): Anvari; Enweri | |||
A painter in China once painted a hall; -- Such a web never hung on an emperor's wall; -- One half from his brush with rich colors did run, The other he touched with a beam of the sun; So that all which delighted the eye in one side, The same, point for point, in the other replied. In thee, friend, that Tyrian chamber is found; Thine the star-pointing roof, and the base on the ground: Is one half depicted with colors less bright? Beware that the counterpart blazes with light! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO AN AEOLIAN HARP by SARA TEASDALE LOVE by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS GARDEN FANCIES: 1. THE FLOWER'S NAME by ROBERT BROWNING THE CLOUD by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY FAUSTINE by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE |
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