Poetic Pilfering!
I am a bit poetically entranced this week so I thought I would post one of my favourite little poems for you all to peruse. I think it's very cute!
A Grain Of Desert Sand
Beneath the blue Egyptian skies,
With ramp and roller, guide and stay,
I saw the pyramids arise
And I shall see them pass away.
I watched when Alexander passed;
I saw Napoleon's flag unfurled -
The greatest and perhaps the last
Of men whose footsteps shook the world.
To each his hour of pride and place,
Arab and Persian, Greek and Jew;
Mahomet trod upon my face,
Darius spurned me with his shoe.
And yet I am not Priest or King,
Sultan or Chief in high command.
I am that one unchanging thing,
A grain of desert sand.
Banjo Patterson
Not taking into account the effects of elemental erosion and wind-induced accretion or sedimentary compression of course :)