Our spirits leaped, hosannas of destruction, Like desert li… - Roy Campbell

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Our spirits leaped, hosannas of destruction,
Like desert lilies forked with tongues of fire.

Roy Campbell

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Ignatius Royston Dunnachie Campbell, better known as Roy Campbell (2 October 1901 – 23 April 1957) was a South African poet, satirist and translator.

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Translations (like wives) are seldom strictly faithful if they are in the least attractive.

South Africa, renowned both far and wide
For politics and little else beside.

The timeless, surly patience of the serf
That moves the nearest to the naked earth
And ploughs down palaces, and thrones, and towers.

Our spirits leaped, hosannas of destruction, Like desert lilies forked with tongues of fire. - Roy Campbell

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