"Where's my Serpent of old Nile?" Where's my Serpent of old Nile?'' NIGHT sends forth many an eagle-winged dream Night sends forth many an eagle-winged dream To soar through regions never known by day; To soar through regions never known by day; And I by one of these was rapt a'ray And I by one of these was rapt away To where the sunburnt Nile, with opulent stream To where the sunburnt Nile, with opulent stream Makes teem the desert sand. My pomp supreme Makes teem the desert sand. My pomp supreme Enriched the noon; I spurned earth's common clay; Enriched the noon; I spurned earth's common clay; For I was Antony and by me lay For I was Antony and by me lay That Snake whose sting was bliss. Nations did seem That Snake whose sting was bliss. But camels for the burden of our joy; Nations did seemBut camels for the burden of our joy Kings; were our slaves; our wishes glowed in the air Kings were our slaves; our wishes glowed in the air And grew fruition; night grew day, day night, And grew fruition; night grew day, day night, Lest the high bacchanal of our loves should cloy; Lest the high bacchanal of our loves should cloy We reined the tiger, Life, with flower-crowned hair, We reined the tiger, Life, with flower-crowned hair, Abashlessly abandoned to delight. Abashlessly abandoned to delight. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TWO WITCHES: 1. THE WITCH OF COOS by ROBERT FROST MEMORY by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD MORNING by RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES SONNET: 55 by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE A COWBOY TOAST by JAMES BARTON ADAMS SONNETS OF MANHOOD: 36. STRONG, LIKE THE SEA by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) AUTUMN IN THE WEALD by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN |