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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE CHOICE OF FRIENDS, by MOSHARREF OD-DIN IBN MOSLEH OD-DIN SADI Poet's Biography First Line: One balmy day in gentle june Last Line: "be careful in your choice of friends." Alternate Author Name(s): Saadi Subject(s): Friendship - Selectivity; Relationships | |||
ONE balmy day in gentle June, While sporting in my bath so free, In came a friend with perfumed clay, And gave the fragrant mass to me. Art thou of musk or ambergris? Thou art like both: I cannot tell Whence comes the charm, but this I know, I am delighted with thy smell. "I was a piece of worthless clay Until the blooming rose I knew; For by its side I drank delight, And drank its heavenly fragrance too. "But for that rose I should be still Mere worthless clay for idle ends; Learn well the lesson I impart Be careful in your choice of friends." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AMERICAN WEDDING by ESSEX HEMPHILL PUNK HALF PANTHER by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA LET US GATHER IN A FLOURISHING WAY by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA THE DIFFERENCE by RICHARD HOWARD THE ADVANCE OF THE FATHER by FANNY HOWE 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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