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Every story, tale or memoir |
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Every saga or romance |
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Whether true or fabricated |
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Whether planned or happenstance |
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Whether sweeping through the ages |
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Casting centuries aside |
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Or a hurried brief recital |
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Just a thirty-minute ride |
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Whether bright or melancholy |
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Rough and ready, finely spun |
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Whether with a thousand players |
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Or a lonely cast of one |
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Every story, new or ancient |
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Bagatelle or work of art |
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All are tales of human failing |
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All are tales of love at heart |
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This is the story of a love that flourished in a time of hate |
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Of lovers no tyranny could separate |
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Love set into motion on the Nile's shore |
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Destiny ignited by an act of war |
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Egypt saw the mighty river |
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As its very heart and soul |
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Source of life for all her people |
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That only Egypt could control |
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Destruction of her southern neighbor justified |
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Nubia exploited, left with little more than pride |