The Legends of Peru

Where legends now flow and flow
And scattered pieces of the hero’s pyre,

sing: the stones of Kuelap, Chan Chan

Cuzco—the Amazon ring and ring, as
Barbs on windpipes blow their echoes…!

Thus, cords of music sweep into the jungles

And the Andes; here, —here dwells the city

Of the Andean sea—stone fortress, built

By the gods with stones blood and clay,
— Machu Picchu! Here are the visions
— Of ecstasies; —sharper than a condor’s

Wings These legends flow and flow
And sing! — and flow and sing, and flow

and sing…infinity! “The Legends of Peru!”