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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE WATERWHEEL, by ELEANOR VAN WINKLE
First Line: Unending was the path the camel trod
Last Line: Serving a man-made god -- and they are blind!
Subject(s): Egypt; Water-wheels
First Line: Unending was the path the camel trod
Last Line: Serving a man-made god -- and they are blind!
Subject(s): Egypt; Water-wheels
Unending was the path the camel trod
Beside the Nile; along the beaten way
He slowly stepped, nor knew his journey lay
A narrow circle through the greening sod.
No man was near to urge him or to prod,
Yet on he paced throughout the livelong day,
A blindfold on his eyes. He could not stay
From serving thirsty Egypt's ancient god.
And men are walking in a tiny round
Nor know how circumscribed their daily fate.
They are not goaded by a power unkind
Yet on they push, their thoughts upon the ground,
Disdainful heads held high until too late,
Serving a man-made god -- and they are blind!
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