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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SALVE SENESCENTEM, by MOSHARREF OD-DIN IBN MOSLEH OD-DIN SADI Poet's Biography First Line: Now is the time when weakness comes, -- & strength goes Last Line: Keep this all the rest may go to beast & birds Alternate Author Name(s): Saadi Subject(s): Old Age | |||
Now is the time when weakness comes, -- & strength goes The magic of sweet words -- I lose The harvest wind cuts keen: the tender sheen and shade And pink & purple light upon thy garland fade To my foot fails the power -- of manly stride in streets; Happy he who soonest to his orchard hut -- retreats. Saadi's whole power lies -- in sweet words Keep this all the rest may go to beast & birds | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AT EIGHTY I CHANGE MY VIEW by DAVID IGNATOW FAWN'S FOSTER-MOTHER by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE DEER LAY DOWN THEIR BONES by ROBINSON JEFFERS OLD BLACK MEN by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON A WINTER ODE TO THE OLD MEN OF LUMMUS PARK, / MIAMI, FLORIDA by DONALD JUSTICE AFTER A LINE BY JOHN PEALE BISHOP by DONALD JUSTICE TO HER BODY, AGAINST TIME by ROBERT KELLY SONG FROM A COUNTRY FAIR by LEONIE ADAMS A MEDITATION, FROM GARDEN OF PERFUME by MOSHARREF OD-DIN IBN MOSLEH OD-DIN SADI BRINGING UP A SON, FROM THE GARDEN OF PERFUME by MOSHARREF OD-DIN IBN MOSLEH OD-DIN SADI HUMANITY, FR. THE GARDEN OF PERFUME by MOSHARREF OD-DIN IBN MOSLEH OD-DIN SADI |
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