Robert Frost (1874–1963) American poet
" The Silken Tent http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-silken-tent/" (1942) <br class="br">1940s
“Critic, relent!
Your hope for repentance
Will meet with disappointment.
For this is the life,
Not desert tents,
Not camel's milk!”
Diwan, 11–12.
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Your hope for repentance
Will meet with disappointment.
For this is the life,
Not desert tents,
No…" by Abu Nuwas?
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