Cover AKRA THE SLAVE AKRA THE SLAVE BY WILFRID WILSON GIBSON BY WILFRID WILSON GIBSON LONDON ELKIN MATHEWS, VIGO STREET MCMX LONDON ELKIN MATHEWS, VIGO STREET MCMX AKRA THE SLAVE AKRA THE SLAVE He thought to see me tremble And totter as an oar-snapt reed, When he spake death to me-- My courage, toppled in the dust, Even as the head of cactus The camel-keeper slashes That his beasts may browse, unscathed, The succulent, wounded green. He thought to have me, broken, And grovelling at his feet; Mouthing and mumbling to his sandal-ties,
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