Sir Thomas Russell

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    Am I not father, too, and the ascending boy,
    The boy of woman and the wanton starer
    Marking the flesh and summer in the bay?
    —Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)

    A stranger came one night to Yussouf’s tent,
    Saying, “Behold one outcast and in dread,
    Against whose life the bow of power is bent,
    Who flies, and hath not where to lay his head;
    I come to thee for shelter and for food,
    To Yussouf, called through all our tribes ‘he Good.’ “

    “This tent is mine,” said Yussouf, “but no more
    Than it is God’s; come in, and be at peace;
    —James Russell Lowell (1819–1891)