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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WELCOME TO EGYPT, by MATHILDE BLIND 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." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BLACK NIKES by HARRYETTE MULLEN IN PHARAOH'S TOMB by HAYDEN CARRUTH THE EVENING OF THE PYRAMIDS by NORMAN DUBIE THE SPHINX by RALPH WALDO EMERSON OZYMANDIAS by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY SARAH'S CHOICE by ELEANOR WILNER THE DARKNESS OF EGYPT by MARIA ABDY |
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