Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, WELCOME TO EGYPT, by MATHILDE BLIND


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WELCOME TO EGYPT, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The palms stood motionless as pyramids
Last Line: "and smiling welcome, lady, bids you stay."
Alternate Author Name(s): Lake, Claude
Subject(s): Egypt


THE Palms stood motionless as Pyramids
Against the golden halo of the sky;
Interminable crops of wheat and rye
Mantled the plain with downy coverlids
Of silken green, where little freckled kids
Frolicked beneath the staid maternal eye;
And babe-led buffaloes plashed trampling by,
Sprinkling cool water on their dusty lids.

Spake the grave Arab, as his flashing glance
Swept the large, luminous verdure's dewy sheen,
Sedately, with a bronze-like countenance:
"Nehārak Saīd! Lo, this happy day,
My country decks herself in sumptuous green,
And smiling welcome, Lady, bids you stay."






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