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AT SUEZ. May 1884.
Written at Suez.
Idly the water ripples round the hull
Of the great ship, detained in quarantine,
And yet not wholly wasted will have been
Our day in Suez Harbour, beautiful,
Had it no memories time can not annul,
The well that Moses found, the very scene
Where Israel crossed the water-walled ravine
Formed by the rolled-back sea, and Pharaoh, full
Of foregone victory, perished in the deep.
So fairly do Arabia's hills and sand
Mingle their rose and gold, where pilgrims creep
From Cairo down to Mecca, on one hand,
And on the other Egypt's in their hue
Are dyed so gloriously dark and blue.
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