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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CAT-TAIL, by C. A. F. MACBETH
First Line: Southward from old memphis, down the storied nile
Last Line: Bast the cat has picked another tail!
Subject(s): Animals; Cats; Egypt
First Line: Southward from old memphis, down the storied nile
Last Line: Bast the cat has picked another tail!
Subject(s): Animals; Cats; Egypt
Southward from old Memphis, down the storied Nile,
Walk the cats of Egypt, in unbroken file,
Solemn, sleekly stalking, whiskers stiffly set:
Philae made a magic while the moon was wet.
Bast the Cat is calling for his tail.
Harried cats of Assuan, holy cats of Mu,
Search the temple courtyard where the Nile runs through.
Tired cats of Cairo voice a frenzied yowl
Sacred ox and ibis cry with Seht the Owl: --
Great Osiris, let him find his tail."
Philae made a magic when the moon shone warm.
Every river reed assumed a cat's tail form.
Back across the desert, up the weary Nile,
All the cats of Egypt stroll in single file:
Bast the Cat has picked another tail!
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