The Vine had struck a Fibre; which about (Illustration for verse LV of 'the "Rubaiyat," 1913) by Edmund J. Sullivan (original) (raw)

The Vine had struck a Fibre

Edmund J. Sullivan

1900-1

Photographic reproduction of pen and ink drawing

The Vine had struck a Fibre; which
about
It clings my Being — let the Súfi flout;
Of my Base Metal may be filed a Key,
That shall unlock the Door he howls
without.

Scanned image and text by George P. Landow

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