O'er Egypt's land of Memory floods are level

And they are thine, O Nile-and well thou knowest

That soul-sustaining airs and blasts of evil

And fruits and poisons spring where'er thou flowest.

Beware, O Man-for knowledge must to thee,

Like the great flood to Egypt, ever be. (Percy Bysshe Shelley)

O'er Egypt's land of Memory floods are level And they are thine, O Nile-and well thou knowest That soul-sustaining airs and blasts of evil And fruits and poisons spring where'er thou flowest. Beware, O Man-for knowledge must to thee, Like the great flood to Egypt, ever be.

Percy Bysshe Shelley

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