Dust

Dust,

Through which Proud blood Once flowed.

Dust,

Where a civilization Flourished.

Dust, The Valley of the Nile, Dust,

You proud ones, proud of the skill With which you play this game--Civilization; Do not forget that it is a very old game. Men used to play it on the banks Of the Tigris and the Euphrates When the world was a wilderness.

There is a circle around China Where once a wall stood. Carthage is a heap of ashes. And Rome knew the pomp and glory You know now.

The Coliseum tells a story The Woolworth Building may repeat.

Dust, Pharaohs and their armies sleep there.

Dust, Shall it stir again?

Will Pharaohs rise and rule And their armies march once more?

Civilization continually shifts Upon the places of the earth.