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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ARABIAN NIGHTS: THE WAZIR DANDAN FOR PRINCE SHARKAN, by ANONYMOUS
First Line: Wise to have gone so early to reward
Last Line: Pressed from god's vine
Subject(s): Death;lament; "dead, The;
First Line: Wise to have gone so early to reward
Last Line: Pressed from god's vine
Subject(s): Death;lament; "dead, The;
WISE to have gone so early to reward,
Child of the sword;
Wise with a single new-bathed eagle's flight
To have touched the white
Wild roses spread for feet in paradise.
Ah, my son, wise
Soon to have drained the new and bitter cup
Which, once drunk up,
Leads straightway to an old immortal wine
Pressed from God's vine.
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