Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Africa: Vol. XXIV. 1876–79. | | | | Egypt, Nubia, and Abyssinia: Nile, the River | | The Nile | | Æschylus (525–456 B.C.) |
| | (From Prometheus Chained)
Translated by R. Potter
A LAND far distant, where the tawny race | |
| Dwell near the fountains of the sun, and where | |
| The Nigris pours his dusky waters; wind | |
| Along his banks, till thou shalt reach the fall | |
| Where from the mountains with papyrus crowned | 5 |
| The venerable Nile impetuous pours | |
| His headlong torrent; he shall guide thy steps | |
| To those irriguous plains, whose triple sides | |
| His arms surround. | | | | |
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