ANCIENT EGYPTIANS, MODERN POETS
Lathaprem Sakhya A Sonnet On Egypt Oh, Egypt! "mansion of the spirit of Ptah'' and great Pharaohs' land, The 'Land of Ham' the most ancient civilization of the world, The "Gift of Nile", you were baptised by Herodotus, a historian renowned On "kemet" the black inundated soil, your blossoming life unfurled.
Your ruled your people structured like the pyramids you built, Believing in an afterlife to sustain your "ka", and in the sun God, Ra -Horakhty Your largest pyramid in Giza, the great Khufu initiated to construct Guarded by the human headed, lion bodied Sphinx, a marvel, a rarity.
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The three seasons, wrought by flood, agriculture and harvest. Made you a worldly rich, magnificent kingdom, ruled by Pharaohs supreme, Your religious and state heads, who lived and laid their impress august, By fabricating structural marvels, using their artisans' skills, extreme.
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