I've known rivers:
Ancient, dusky rivers.

My soul has grown deep like the rivers.
I bathed in the Euphrates when dawns were young.
I built my hut near the Congo and it lulled me to sleep.
I looked upon the Nile and raised the pyramids above it.
Hughes, black people, as well as the collective conciousness of mankind have known many rivers saturated and seeped in history, all with their own flow and stories to tell, stories with knowledge, wisdom and learning which have contributed to the creation, deepness of the soul
The Negro Speaks of Rivers