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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
POWER; QUATRAIN, by THOMAS STEPHENS COLLIER
First Line: Haroun, the caliph, through the sunlit street
Last Line: "that move unceasing toward the gate of death."
Alternate Author Name(s): Collyer, Thomas Stephens
First Line: Haroun, the caliph, through the sunlit street
Last Line: "that move unceasing toward the gate of death."
Alternate Author Name(s): Collyer, Thomas Stephens
HAROUN, the Caliph, through the sunlit street
Walked slowly with bent head and weary breath,
And cried, "Alas, I cannot stay my feet,
That move unceasing toward the gate of Death."
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