SUCH fruitless questions may not long beguile Or plague the fancy 'mid the sculptured shows Conspicuous yet where Oroonoko flows; 'There' would the Indian answer with a smile Aimed at the White Man's ignorance, the while, Of the GREAT WATERS telling how they rose, Covered the plains, and, wandering where they chose, Mounted through every intricate defile, Triumphant -- Inundation wide and deep, O'er which his Fathers urged, to ridge and steep Else unapproachable, their buoyant way; And carved, on mural cliff's undreaded side, Sun, moon, and stars, and beast of chase or prey; Whate'er they sought, shunned, loved, or deified! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE LOWEST PLACE by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI MUCH LOVE by PIERRE JEAN DE BERANGER A SONG OF CONTRDICTIONS by SAMUEL LAMAN BLANCHARD GRISELDA: CHAPTER 2 by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT NATALIA'S RESURRECTION: 22 by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 2. I HEARD A VOICE by EDWARD CARPENTER |