Flower Pieces and other poems By William Allingham: With two designs by Dante Gabriel Rossetti |
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EGYPTIAN LOTOS.
A mighty stream from undiscover'd fountainsPours through an ancient and deserted land,
With cities of the dead along its mountains,
Tombs of forgotten kings amid its sand,
And shatter'd temples, where the priestly band
With all their gods have moulder'd;—on its tide
This necromantic Lily doth expand,
Unveiling like a pale and queenly bride,
And float—as loved to float Alastor dreamy-eyed.
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