Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, OSMAN AGA'S DEVOTION, by CLINTON SCOLLARD


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First Line: When the sands of night are run
Last Line: In regard to aga's prayers.
Subject(s): Pilgrimages & Pilgrims; Prayer


WHEN the sands of night are run
And the toilers go their ways
At the earliest peer of sun,
Osman Aga kneels and prays.

When the streets by noon are burned,
And the rooftops scorch and blaze,
With his brow toward Mecca turned,
Osman Aga kneels and prays.

At the purple shut of eve,
When the pilgrim khanward strays,
With the Faithful that believe,
Osman Aga kneels and prays.

But meanwhile this wag-beard gray
Cheats the poor with spurious wares,
So one scarce knows what to say
In regard to Aga's prayers.





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