MAGNIFICENT, too, is the system of drains, Exceeding the far-spoken wonders of old: So lengthen'd and vast in its branches and chains, That labyrinths pass like a tale that is told: The sewers gigantic, like multiplied veins, Beneath the whole city their windings unfold, Disgorging the source of plagues, scourges, and pains, Which visit those cities to cleanliness cold. Well did the ancient proverb lay down this important text, That cleanliness for human weal to godliness is next. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BARBER'S by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE LOCHABER NO MORE by ALLAN RAMSAY IMPRESSION DU MATIN by OSCAR WILDE SEVEN SAD SONNETS: 5. SHE THINKS OF THE FAITHFUL ONE by MARY REYNOLDS ALDIS SEADRIFT by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH SONNETS OF MANHOOD: 28. WATERLOO by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) |