With haughty nostrils and eyes benign
The camels bob in a twisting line.
From nose to hump, from hump to nose,
The cord of their subjection goes.
Feet of the Gobi, that spread and cling,
Are used for alley travelling.
Humps that defied the foodless track
Now stay the load on each curving back.
Desert-destined from very foal,
The camels carry the city’s coal!