English poem
Two Similes
by Edward Powys Mathers (1892–1939)
You have taken away my cloak, My cloak of weariness; Take my coat also, My many-coloured coat of life.... On this great nursery floor I had three toys, A bright and varnished vow, A Speckled Monster, best of boys, True friend to me, and more Beloved and a thing of cost, My doll painted like life; and now One is broken and two are lost. From the Arabic of John Duncan.