SELECTIONS IN ENGLISH POETRY
The pariah dogs that slink and prowl secured their meat
with furtive growl,
And one by one the camels bent complaining to their
warty knees 50
And grumbled at the men that went to loose their ,
girths and give them ease.
The merchant brooded silently on avaricious visions
bright
And listened to the revelry his men were making in
the nig hi.
For one, a young and favourite Kurd, a mongrel child
of the bazaar,
Whose voice was like a singing bird, was striking on
a harsh guitar— 55
I know a 'Room where tulips tall
And., almond-blossom pale
Are coloured on the frescoed wall,
I know a River where the ships
Drift by with ghostly sail 60
And dead men chant with merry lips.
I know the Garden by the sea
Where birds with painted wings
Mottle the dark magnolia Tree.
I know the never-failing Source, 65
I know the Bush that sings,
The Vale of Gems, the flying Horse,
I know the Dog that was a Prince,
The talking Nightingale, ,
The Hill of glass, the magic Quince, 70
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