Time sitting on the throne of Memory Bade all her subject Days the past had known Arise and say what thing gave them renown Unforgettable, 'Rising from the sea, I gave the Genoese his dreams to be;' 'I saw the Corsican's Guards swept down;' 'Colonies I made free from a tyrant's crown;' -- So each Day told its immortality. And with these blazing triumphs spoke one voice Whose wistful speech no vaunting did employ: 'I know not if 'twere by Fate's chance or choice I hold the lowly birth of an English boy; I only know he made man's heart rejoice Because he played with Beauty for a toy!' | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO THE MEMORY OF BEN JONSON by JOHN CLEVELAND THE WAY THROUGH THE WOODS by RUDYARD KIPLING THE PILGRIM FATHERS by JOHN PIERPONT CHEF PERNOLLET by BERTON BRALEY TAKE YOUR CHOICE: AS EDGAR LEE MASTERS WOULD HANDLE IT. HILDA HYDE by BERTON BRALEY THE WEEPING SAVIOUR, HYMN 3 by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING AN OLD FRONT YARD by JESSIE GIDLEY CARTER |