The Prophet
Kahlil Gibran جبران خليل جبران · 1883–1931
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Twenty-six prose poems in which the prophet Almustafa, about to sail home, answers the people of Orphalese on love, marriage, children, work, joy and sorrow, death. Written in English by a Lebanese-American poet and painter, it has sold in vast numbers and is read at weddings and funerals. Its cadence is lovely; its wisdom is broad rather than deep.