XV-IX

Who sapp’d sweet tone of the birds and buds,
Who damp’d old flame of the poppy’s blood.
On this Maktab and wits how can you boast,
Which gave him no bread till he gave up ghost.¹

1.         Line 2 means

The blood is cold of the poppy and buds.
Poppy; the young man. Buds; the garden, the nation.