Love
A Son of the Nile
From Embers (1895)
Love
Oh, the garden where to-day we, sow and to-morrow we reap;
Oh, the sakkia turning by the garden walls;
Oh, the onion-field and the date-tree growing,
And my hand on the plough--by the blessing of God;
Strength of my soul, O my brother, all’s well!
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MLA
Parker, Gilbert. “A Son of the Nile.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/parker_g/177/.
Chicago
Parker, Gilbert. “A Son of the Nile.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/parker_g/177/.
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