A NUBIAN FACE ON THE NILE.
Joaquin Miller
ne night we touched the lily shore, - And then passed on, in night indeed,
- Against the far white waterfall.
- I saw no more, shall know no more
- Of her for aye. And you who read
- This broken bit of dream will smile,
- Half vexed that I saw aught at all.
- The waves struck strophes on the shore
- And all the sad song of the oar
- That long, long night against the Nile,
- Was: Nevermore and nevermore
- This side that shadowy shore that lies
- Below the leafy Paradise.