Captain or colonel, or knight in arms, Whose chance on these defenseless doors may seize, If deed of honor did thee ever please, Guard them, and him within protect from harms. He can requite thee; for he knows the charms That call fame on such gentle acts as these, And he can spread thy name o'er lands and seas, Whatever clime the sun's bright circle warms. Lift not thy spear against the Muses' bower: The great Emathian conqueror bid spare The house of Pindarus, when temple and tower Went to the ground; and the repeated air Of sad Electra's poet had the power To save the Athenian walls from ruin bare. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE CROCODILE, FR. ALICE IN WONDERLAND by CHARLES LUTWIDGE DODGSON EMBLEMS OF LOVE: 17. THE DIFFICULT ADVENTURE by PHILIP AYRES LILIES: 9. BENEATH LOFTIER STARS by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) PATERNITY by WILLIAM ROSE BENET A DAY-DREAM by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT REPRISAL by PAULINE JONES BURNS |