The Nile Poem by James Henry Leigh Hunt
The Nile
It flows through old hushed Egypt and its sands,
Like some grave mighty thought threading a dream,
And times and things, as in that vision, seem
Keeping along it their eternal stands,--
Caves, pillars, pyramids, the shepherd bands
That roamed through the young world, the glory extreme
Of high Sesostris, and that southern beam,
The laughing queen that caught the world's great hands.
Then comes a mightier silence, stern and strong,
As of a world left empty of its throng,
And the void weighs on us; and then we wake,
And hear the fruitful stream lapsing along
'Twixt villages, and think how we shall take
Our own calm journey on for human sake.
The Nile is very important to Egypt! And, other parts of Africa. Thanks for sharing this poem with us.
I observe that the 'User rating' for this metaphorical poem by Leigh Hunt is 4.9/10, less than the minimal 5 points one gets for one's original new submission. I shall re-read the two excellent travel books on the Nile (in prose) by Alan Moorehead and P.B. Shelley's sonnet, 'Oztmandias'. AM
some great mighty thought threading a dream Our own calm journey on for human sake. Beautiful lines here, excellent job. Please sir read my poem Your Smile, thanks.
A beautifully conceived nature poem portraying the marvelous course of journey of river Nile through Egypt. Thanks for sharing it here.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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Nice poem, thanks for sharing...10