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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MORGIANA DANCES, by WILLIAM ROSE BENET Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Aha! A guest! Last Line: A dead guest, ho! Subject(s): Dancing & Dancers | |||
Aha! A guest! Within my master's house, a guest -- To eat With his meat No salt? Say you so! His vest -- his vest -- What glitters through his merchant's vest? Fast and fleet! Tabor, beat! Round again we go! Scarves about my head -- so! Silver girdle, flash -- ho! Round again -- again we go. Round again -- again we go. Chalk upon the panel there; Oil upon the pave -- beware! A guest, ho! A guest, ho! A sweet guest, ho! Laden mules, laden mules Came within our court there. Who boil In their oil? The thieves? Say you so! Fair fools -- fair fools! The moon saw the sport there! Spin, spin! Tabor, din! Round again we go! Thieves' beards be red -- so! Poniard, forth and flash -- ho! Round again -- again we go. Round again -- again we go. Master Ali, drunk with wine. Houssain, only I divine! A guest, ho! A guest, ho! A sly guest, ho! For treasure, for pleasure Stabbed and plotted many men. The fox Picked the locks. The springe Seized him -- so! Full measure -- full measure! Purses for my dancing, then? Purple are the shadows; The lamps red and low. Poniard at my breast -- so! Poniard at thy breast -- ho! Round again -- again we go. Round again -- again we go. Here's a dagger's smart should be Salt for such villainy! A guest, ho! A guest, ho! A dead guest, ho! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FAMED DANCER DIES OF PHOSPHORUS POISONING by RICHARD HOWARD ROSE AND MURRAY by CONRAD AIKEN A DANCER'S LIFE by DONALD JUSTICE DANCING WITH THE DOG by SUSAN KENNEDY SONG FROM A COUNTRY FAIR by LEONIE ADAMS THE CHILDREN DANCING by LAURENCE BINYON THE FALCONER OF GOD by WILLIAM ROSE BENET |
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