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TO THE SPHINX by CHARLES V. H. ROBERTS

First Line: I SAT AT EVE TIME ON THE LYBIAN SANDS
Last Line: AGAINST HER BREASTS OF HISTORY.
Subject(s): EGYPT; NILE (RIVER); SPHINX;
I sat at eve time on the Lybian sands,
And watched Night's shadows creep from up the Nile
In languorous attitudes for Egypt's rest.
Above, the Sphinx purred o'er the dark-ning lands,
Reaching skyward in a great caress
Across the Age of Mystery.
I rose and stood beneath a Peristyle:
She stooped and pressed me there, erewhile,
Against her Breasts of History.



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