lirik lagu robert southey - gideon wagner - poems on the slave trade sonnet iii
beside the ungathered rice he lay
his sickle in his hand;
his breast was bare, his matted hair
was buried in the sand
again, in the mist and shadow of sleep
he saw his native land
wide through the landscape of his dreams
the lordly niger flowed;
beneath the palm~trees on the plain
once more a king he strode;
and heard the tinkling caravans
descend the mountain~road
he saw once more his dark~eyed queen
among her childrеn stand;
they clasped his neck, thеy kissed his cheeks
they held him by the hand!~~
a tear burst from the sleeper’s lids
and fell into the sand
and then at furious speed he rode
along the niger’s bank;
his bridle~reins were golden chains
and, with a martial clank
at each leap he could feel his scabbard of steel
smiting his stallion’s flank
before him, like a blood~red flag
the bright flamingoes flew;
>from morn till night he followed their flight
o’er plains where the tamarind grew
till he saw the roofs of caffre huts
and the ocean rose to view
at night he heard the lion roar
and the hyena scream
and the river~horse, as he crushed the reeds
beside some hidden stream;
and it passed, like a glorious roll of drums
through the triumph of his dream
the forests, with their myriad tongues
shouted of liberty;
and the blast of the desert cried aloud
with a voice so wild and free
that he started in his sleep and smiled
at their tempestuous glee
he did not feel the driver’s whip
nor the burning heat of day;
for death had illumined the land of sleep
and his lifeless body lay
a worn~out fetter, that the soul
had broken and thrown away!
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