Classic and Contemporary Poetry
VERSIFICATION OF THE SPEECH OF GEOORGIN TO BEYUN, by REGINALD HEBER Poet's Biography First Line: Seest thou yon shelter'd vale of various dye Last Line: To great khi-kusroo's court a turkish fair! Subject(s): Courts & Courtiers; Wealth; Royal Court Life; Royalty; Kings; Queens; Riches; Fortunes | ||||||||
SEEST thou yon shelter'd vale of various dye, Refreshing prospect to the warrior's eye? Yon dusky grove, yon garden blooming fair, The turf of velvet, and of musk the air? Surcharged with sweets the languid river glides, The lilies bending o'er its silver tides; While through the copse in bashful beauty glows The dark luxuriance of the lurking rose. Now seen, now lost, amid the flowery maze, With slender foot the nimble pheasant strays; The ringdove's murmur lulls the cypress dell, And richest notes of tranced Philomel. Still, still the same, through every circling year, Unwearied spring renews an Eden here. And mark, my friend, where many a sylph-like maid Weaves the lithe dance beneath the citron shade! Where chief, of Touran's king the matchless child, Beams like a sun-ray through this scented wild; Sitara next, her sister, beauteous queen, Than rose or fairest jasmine fairer seen; And last, their Turkish maids, whose sleepy eyes Laugh from beneath each envious veil's disguise; Whose length of locks the coal-black musk disclose, Their forms the cypress, and their cheeks the rose; While on their sugar'd lips the grape's rich water glows. How blest the traveller not forbid to stay In such sweet bowers the scorching summer's day! How famed the knight whose dauntless arm should bear To great Khi-Kusroo's court a Turkish fair! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ALL LIFE IN A LIFE by EDGAR LEE MASTERS FOUR POEMS ABOUT JAMAICA: 3. A HAIRPIN TURN ABOVE READING, JAMAICA by WILLIAM MATTHEWS IMAGINE YOURSELF by EVE MERRIAM THE PROPHET by LUCILLE CLIFTON I AM FIFTY-TWO YEARS OLD' by KENNETH REXROTH LAST VISIT TO THE SWIMMING POOL SOVIETS by KENNETH REXROTH PORTRAIT OF THE AUTHOR AS A YOUNG ANARCHIST by KENNETH REXROTH EVENING HYMN by REGINALD HEBER |
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