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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON A ROMAN HELMET, by WILLIAM HENRY OGILVIE Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: A helmet of the legion, this Alternate Author Name(s): Ogilvie, Will Henry | |||
[ Found at Newstead[ A HELMET of the legion, this , That long and deep hath lain, Come back to taste the living kiss Of sun and wind again . Ah! touch it with a reverent hand, For in its burnished dome Lies here within this distant land The glory that was Rome! The tides of sixteen hundred years Have flowed , and ebbed, and flowed , And yet - I see the tossing spears Come up the Roman Road; While, high above the trumpets pealed, The eagles lift and fall, And, all unseen , the war-god's shield Floats, guardian, over all! Who marched beneath this gilded helm? Who wore this casque a - shine? A leader mighty in the realm? A soldier of the line? The proud patrician takes his rest The spearman's bones beside, And earth who knows their secret best Gives this of all their pride. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A WILDFLOWER BY THE WAY by WILLIAM HENRY OGILVIE ABANDONED SELECTIONS by WILLIAM HENRY OGILVIE CANADIANS by WILLIAM HENRY OGILVIE FROM THE GULF by WILLIAM HENRY OGILVIE HOW THE FIRE QUEEN CROSSED THE SWAMP by WILLIAM HENRY OGILVIE NORTHWARD TO THE SHEDS by WILLIAM HENRY OGILVIE QUEENSLANDERS by WILLIAM HENRY OGILVIE SOLITUDE by WILLIAM HENRY OGILVIE THE BLADES OF HARDEN by WILLIAM HENRY OGILVIE THE DEATH OF BEN HALL by WILLIAM HENRY OGILVIE |
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