Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, MAHOMET, by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE


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First Line: Utter the song. O my soul! The flight and return of mohammed
Last Line: Rushes dividuous all -- all rushing impetuous onward.
Subject(s): Muhammad, The Prophet (570-632); Mahomet; Mohammed


Utter the song, O my soul! the flight and return of Mohammed,
Prophet and priest, who scatter'd abroad both evil and blessing,
Huge wasteful empires founded and hallow'd slow persecution,
Soul-withering, but crush'd the blasphemous rites of the Pagan
And idolatrous Christians. -- For veiling the Gospel of Jesus,
They, the best corrupting, had made it worse than the vilest.
Wherefore Heaven decreed th' enthusiast warrior of Mecca,
Choosing good from iniquity rather than evil from goodness.
Loud the tumult in Mecca surrounding the fane of the idol; --
Naked and prostrate the priesthood were laid -- the people with mad shouts
Thundering now, and now with saddest ululation
Flew, as over the channel of rock-stone the ruinous river
Shatters its waters abreast, and in mazy uproar bewilder'd,
Rushes dividuous all -- all rushing impetuous onward.





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