Ethiopia

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    Ethiopia

    Ethiopia I call you, my distant love
    my heart sees you but not my eyes
    Iam burdened by their rumours and lies
    that you are not worth the prize of a dove

    Ethiopia, you rose from the sea of sand
    a lioness roaring for the world to see
    a beauty tempered in grace rising to be
    a jewelled sapphire of Cushitic lands

    Ethiopia, did you send your children away
    who look like you in wisdom and beauty
    who ruled in strange lands with justice and piety
    the worlds treasures came to your feet and lay

    Ethiopia, my quiet mourning queen of old
    where are your praise singers and dancers
    where are your sages, magi and star gazers
    why is your street crying, your sons are sold

    Ah! you have left me in our lowly grave
    Ethiopia, my friend, my companion, my slave

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    The true philosopher and the true poet are one, and a beauty, which is truth, and a truth, which is beauty, is the aim of both.

    Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet (1803-1882)

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