I dreamt I was in Africa neath Serengeti sky <br />I heard the wild dogs barking, the spotted hyenas cry, <br />I heard the male lion roaring his anger pierced the night, <br />I dreamt I was in Africa neath African moonlight. <br /> <br />The elephants were trumpeting on Serengeti plain, <br />The sun dried grass all eaten the parched earth cried for rain, <br />The wildebeest and zebra had wandered far away <br />And Serengeti silent in the searing heat of day. <br /> <br />I dreamt I was in Africa the drought was at an end <br />The thunder and the lightning And rain came with the wind, <br />The ponds and rivers flooded, the once parched plains now green <br />And widebeest and zebra in thousands to be seen. <br /> <br />The moon shines in the heavens and the hunting jackals bark <br />In Tanzania in East Africa in Serengeti National Park <br />The grazing hippos grunting and the wild hyenas scream <br />And I was in East Africa if only in a dream.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-dreamt-i-was-in-africa/
