Quote#Death
It flows through old hushed Egypt and its sands
Quote byLeigh Hunt · 1784–1859
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Foliage (1818), "A Thought on the Nile", l. 1.
English (original)
It flows through old hushed Egypt and its sands, Like some grave mighty thought threading a dream, And times and things, as in that vision, seem Keeping along it their eternal stands.
— Leigh Hunt
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