ABOVE the palace of the Caesars blow Poppies and buttercups, and rise cool trees: The palms and pines and slender cypresses. What pomps and passions buried under these, Long time agone, such a great while ago! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TOMMY [ATKINS] by RUDYARD KIPLING SAINT TERESA'S BOOK-MARK by THERESA OF AVILA IN AN ALBUM by JOHANNA AMBROSIUS THE LONE BUTTE by EVA K. ANGLESBURG THE HILLS OF HOME by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON STANZAS TO JESSY by GEORGE GORDON BYRON |