Someone enquired from Aisha radiyallahu anha:
Did Rasoolullah sallallahu alaihe wasallam recite poetry? She replied, He sometimes as an example recited the poetry of Abdullah ibn Rawahah (and sometimes of other poets). He sometimes recited this couplet of Tarfah: "Sometimes that person brings news to you whom you have not compensated."
English reference: Book 36, Hadith 231
Arabic reference: Book 37, Hadith 241