Ah, lovely park! where oft the Muses play'd, And poets sung their Amaryllis' shade; Ah, fearless now of rav'nous foes you lie, Safe in your Charles's love and majesty. So, when proud Lucifer did war declare Against th' Almighty Monarch of the air, The frighted angels, clad in sober weed, Their armies rang'd, and for his safety pray'd. First, in thy soil a lake I would have made, With nymphs and tritons dancing in its shade: It's crystal streams should glide so smoothly by, The silver fishes in the waves should fry; On the clear banks the flow'rs should rise so gay, Their wealthy beauty should the sight betray. The lively birds should all about it fly, And build their nests amidst the boughs hard by. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...EVENING IN A SUGAR ORCHARD by ROBERT FROST THE IMPORTANCE OF GREEN by JAMES GALVIN OMNIPRESENCE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON YOUTH'S PROGENY by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON GHOSTS OF THE OLD YEAR by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON A SONG OF ETERNITY IN TIME by SIDNEY LANIER |