The River Nile will dry up,the riverbed baked dry in the sun.The canals will become stagnant and stink,every stream touching the Nile dry up.River vegetation will rot awaythe banks of the Nile-baked clay,The riverbed hard and smooth,river grasses dried up and gone with the wind.Fishermen will complainthat the fishing’s been ruined.Textile workers will be out of work, all weaversand workers in linen and cotton and woolDispirited, depressed in their forced idleness—everyone who works for a living, jobless.