The Madman

The Madman: His Parables and Poems is an early collection of English poems written by Lebanese American author Kahlil Gibran. This volume includes the following poems: God My Friend The Scarecrow The Sleep-Walkers The Wise Dog The Two Hermits On Giving and Taking The Seven Selves War The Fox The Wise King Ambition The New Pleasure The Other Language The Pomegranate The Two Cages The Three Ants The Grave-Digger On the Steps of the Temple The Blessed City The Good God and the Evil God Defeat Night and the Madman Faces The Greater Sea Crucified The Astronomer The Great Longing Said a Blade of Grass The Eye The Two Learned Men When My Sorrow Was Born And When My Joy Was Born and 'The Perfect World'. About the Author Kahlil Gibran was a Lebanese artist poet and author. Born in Bsharri Lebanon Gibran immigrated with his parents to Boston in 1895 before settling in New York City where he studied art and began his literary career writing in both English and Arabic.