Named of the Dragon—and between whose limbs

Of brassy vastness broad-blown Argosies

Drave into haven? Yet endure unscathed

Of changeful cycles the great Pyramids

Broad-based amid the fleeting sands, and sloped

Into the slumberous summer noon; but where,

Mysterious Egypt, are thine obelisks

Graven with gorgeous emblems undiscerned?

Thy placid Sphinxes brooding o'er the Nile?

Thy shadowy Idols in the solitudes,