“The Place where the mighty one once abode
Of Pomp and glory devoid remains ruin’d;
All I could hear there was the cry of dove,
‘Coo! where art thou!’, on and on she moaned.”
(text and illustration-benny thomas)
Posted in poetry, tagged Benny Thomas, Edward Fitzgerald#20 second edition, omarikhyyam, quatrain, Rubaiyat, vanity, watercolor on March 25, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
“The Place where the mighty one once abode
Of Pomp and glory devoid remains ruin’d;
All I could hear there was the cry of dove,
‘Coo! where art thou!’, on and on she moaned.”
(text and illustration-benny thomas)