The Diwan of Abu'l-Ala by Henry Baerlein
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page 39 of 57 (68%)
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Frequented us and softly would conspire
Upon our broken glass with blue-red fire, As one might lift a pale thing from the tomb. LIII He was the glazier out of Erzerûm, Whose wizardry would make the children cry-- There will be no such wizardry when I Am broken by the chariot-wheels of Doom. LIV The chariot-wheels of Doom! Now, hear them roll Across the desert and the noisy mart, Across the silent places of your heart-- Smile on the driver you will not cajole. LV I never look upon the placid plain But I must think of those who lived before And gave their quantities of sweat and gore, And went and will not travel back again. LVI |
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