Babylon

by

Clarius Ugwuoha

Babylon,
Mighty like the Lion
Babylon,
Ancient city of the Chaldeans.

Flanked with busy quays
Builty untold was hers
But little was it known
The city has not come to stay.

Mighty Babylon
Of the royal palaces
Mighty Babylon,
Teeming city of the Euphrates.

Moved to pride
Nebuchadnezzer the king exclaimed:
Babylon, Babylon,
Is not this Babylon
That I had built?

The prophecy of the prophets
Chiding the Chaldeans
Counsels divine
The haunty Chaldeans Po-pooed

In Godly wrath, God
Through his prophets proclaimed:

Babylon, Babylon
My words you've put to scorn
And for my people you've not learnt to care
Mighty today you are
But silenced forever you shall be.

Babylon, Babylon
Mighty city of the terraces
What is your lot today
If not aridity and decay!

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