Trace from Memphis laid no one knows where Many miles to the west Gods had measured the Earth step by step, and They forgot all the rest Desert came to absorb their altar Rivers ran dry around But the heart of the Sphinx grew colder That was all they had found They tried to cry Nobody knows why They failed to try_
And the sea remained full of glories And the sand had no choice Thirty third of the thousand old stories Were told them by whispering voice Proud Memphis went rack and ruin At pyramids' feet But the heart of the Sphinx grew through it And nothing left to repeat They tried to cry Nobody knows why They failed to try_