VANITY! guiding power, 'tis thine to rule Statesman and vestryman -- the knave or fool. The Macedonian crossed Hydaspes' wave, Fierce as the storm, and gloomy as the grave. Urged by the thought, What would Athenians say, When next they gathered on a market day? And the same spirit that induced his toil, Leads on the cook, to stew, and roast, and boil: Whether the spice be mixed -- the flag unfurled -- Each deems his task the glory of the world. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AUTUMN by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON COSMOPOLITE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON PREPARATORY MEDITATIONS, 1ST SERIES: 38 by EDWARD TAYLOR THE ENTHUSIAST, OR, THE LOVER OF NATURE by JOSEPH WARTON THE SONG OF THE OLD MOTHER by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS THE COLLEGE, 1917 by HAMILTON FISH ARMSTRONG |