Arabian Poetry: Shorter Pieces of Arabian Poetry: Verses Addressed To His Mistress, Who Had Found Fault With Him For Profusion, by Abu Teman Habib

Arabian Poetry, by W. A. Clouston, [1881], at sacred-texts.com

UNGENEROUS and mistaken maid,
To scorn me thus because I'm poor
Canst thou a liberal hand upbraid,
For dealing round some worthless ore?

To spare's the wish of little souls;
The great but gather to bestow:
Yon current don the mountain rolls,
And stagnates in the swamp belay.