 | Mansoul or The Riddle of the World |  |
Soon, neath new éxtreme region, shows our glass,
Have reached our steps. What horror of bergs aloft!
Inhúman sílent solitude of sharp dust:
Wind-burnished stones and rocks! Eternal drought
Here reigns; and granite Horeb towers to heaven.
Gladly it we forsake, and further pass.
Have reached our steps. What horror of bergs aloft!
Inhúman sílent solitude of sharp dust:
Wind-burnished stones and rocks! Eternal drought
Here reigns; and granite Horeb towers to heaven.
Gladly it we forsake, and further pass.
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Then far-descended Nilus, noble Flood,
From Ethiopian heights; and great sea-lakes;
Where dwell negritic tribes, of Africs midst;
Our mirror shows: Whose fruitful stréams make glad,
In their late course; twinned Mizraims ancient sand.
From Ethiopian heights; and great sea-lakes;
Where dwell negritic tribes, of Africs midst;
Our mirror shows: Whose fruitful stréams make glad,
In their late course; twinned Mizraims ancient sand.
Our marvelling eyes behold, in ríver-cliff;
Mens' carcasses, even now, whole and incorrupt;
(That River-Lánds antíque embalmers art!)
Which lived, ere thousands of Earths lightfoot years:
Laid-up, in gráve-shelves, many as martins' nests.
Exháling yet, to sense, strange noisome breath!
Of cassia and cinnamon, olibane, balsamum, pitch.
Mens' carcasses, even now, whole and incorrupt;
(That River-Lánds antíque embalmers art!)
Which lived, ere thousands of Earths lightfoot years:
Laid-up, in gráve-shelves, many as martins' nests.
Exháling yet, to sense, strange noisome breath!
Of cassia and cinnamon, olibane, balsamum, pitch.
Cited, one wakened ín his cerements;
And seemed unfold his iron-stiff wounden corse.
So made respónse, we míght perceive uneath;
A priest he sometime was, in Pharaohs House.
Whilst Pharaohs ruled, seed of their first King-Gods.
And seemed unfold his iron-stiff wounden corse.
So made respónse, we míght perceive uneath;
A priest he sometime was, in Pharaohs House.
Whilst Pharaohs ruled, seed of their first King-Gods.
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