Again we see the obstructive rites decreed - This time by modern schools, a wrangling lot; - Each hopes his little god shall do the deed, The glorious deed - which Terminus did not! The master lectures, and the pupils quote, And noise abroad each fire-new theory, Or stale old sophism. How they rave and dote! And plant their idols where their Lord should be! Soon may we say, 'the heathen dream is past! The worship of these human blocks of stone, These heirs of Terminus, is failing fast! By history and reason overthrown; On their hard fronts the sunrise strikes in vain, No Memnon-chords have they in all their sorry grain!' | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WESTERN CIVILIZATION by JAMES GALVIN GO DOWN DEATH; A FUNERAL SERMON by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON THE CEREMONY OF THE PRINTER'S APPRENTICE; A GERMAN MORALITY PLAY by WILLAM BLADES ADDRESSED TO A LADY by ROBERT BURNS |