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VOICES OF AFRICA

AFRICA

Sphinx among continents,--the Nations strive To guess my ancient riddle; Greece essayed-- She drooped to death; upon me Rome set gyve-- She sank in her own bonds. The Persian laid His life down 'mid my deserts. For a day I smiled on each, then tore them for my play.

THE SAHARA

The ghosts of buried cities scale the air When Day wakes my mirage. The lion keeps My iron hills. The bones of men lie bare Where my thirst-sickle its rich harvest reaps. Time, like a little child, amid my sands Builds and unbuilds with feeble, listless hands.

EGYPT

The gods who dwell 'mid equatorial snows Bade Nilus cleave the waste, and I awoke. A giant, robed in mystery, I arose; The young world listened, breathless, when I spoke. My Sphinx Time's sister is; her brood lies hid Where dream the dead 'neath rock and pyramid.

CARTHAGE

Sidon sent forth her sons, her sons sent Tyre; The Desert's daughters bore a mighty race. The God whose brazen hands sloped to the fire Reared o'er me the red terror of his face. Rome, vengeful, trod me to the dust, and strowed With salt the site where once my powers abode.

ALEXANDRIA

The godlike Alexander wav'd his sword; Beneath its spell rose palace, mart and school, No gold so precious as my lightest word; My logos still the Faith of Man doth rule. Greek, Roman and Barbarian, East and West, Drank lore like milk from my most bounteous breast.

MOUNT ATLAS

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