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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PRINCETON, by HERBERT EDWARD MIEROW First Line: Changed with the passing years, yet still the same Last Line: And love of unseen things that do not die. Subject(s): Princeton, New Jersey | |||
Changed with the passing years, yet still the same, Old Princeton standing lonely on the hill, If lonely it can be, about whose walls Cluster undying memories of men! I mount the winding road, while overhead Hangs in a starlit sky the silent moon; The welcome chill of autumn fills the air; Lofty, majestic, gray, serene and still, A gothic tower rises through the night; Behind, the campus lies with whispering elms. This quiet, little corner of the world, With time-worn buildings, and its memories Of honored men who labored here a while, Has now become, beneath the hand of Time, A silent window of Eternity, Through which men see the Universal shine, Transmuting common things with its still touch Until they gleam like stars of changeless truth. Here we were taught by men and Gothic towers Democracy and faith and righteousness And love of unseen things that do not die. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PRINCETON by LYMAN WHITNEY ALLEN PRINCETON by CHARLES WILLIAM KENNEDY MAY RAIN, PRINCETON by ALICIA SUSKIN OSTRIKER IN THE OLD GRAVEYARD, PRINCETON by FRANCIS CHARLES MACDONALD PRINCETON - 1917 by ALFRED NOYES PRINCETON: FEBRUARY, 1916 by EDMUND WILSON AT THE PRINCETON HOTEL by PETER E. MURPHY COMPANIONS; A TALE OF A GRANDFATHER by CHARLES STUART CALVERLEY THE LAST SIGNAL by THOMAS HARDY |
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