Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, YASMIN; A GHAZEL, by JAMES ELROY FLECKER



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YASMIN; A GHAZEL, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: How splendid in the morning glows the lily: and with grace he throws
Last Line: Will come the gardener in white, and gathered flowers are dead, yasmin.
Variant Title(s): Song, Fr. Hassan
Subject(s): Love


How splendid in the morning glows the lily: with what grace he throws
His supplication to the rose: do roses nod the head, Yasmin?

But when the silver dove descends I find the little flower of friends
Whose very name that sweetly ends I say when I have said, Yasmin.

The morning light is clear and cold: I dare not in that light behold
A whiter light, a deeper gold, a glory too far shed, Yasmin.

But when the deep red eye of day is level with the lone highway,
And some to Meccah turn to pray, and I toward thy bed, Yasmin;

Or when the wind beneath the moon is drifting like a soul aswoon,
And harping planets talk love's tune with milky wings outspread, Yasmin,

Shower down thy love, O burning bright! For one night or the other night
Will come the Gardener in white, and gathered flowers are dead, Yasmin.





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