OF Neptune's empire let us sing, At whose command the waves obey; To whom the rivers tribute pay, Down the high mountains sliding: To whom the scaly nation yields Homage for the crystal fields Wherein they dwell: And every sea-dog pays a gem Yearly out of his wat'ry cell To deck great Neptune's diadem. The Tritons dancing in a ring Before his palace gates do make The water with their echoes quake, Like the great thunder sounding: The sea-nymphs chant their accents shrill, And the sirens, taught to kill With their sweet voice, Make ev'ry echoing rock reply Unto their gentle murmuring noise The praise of Neptune's empery. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FOR REMEMBERING HOW TO LIVE WITHOUT YOU by JAMES GALVIN SOMEBODY LOVED ME by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON BACCALAUREATE by ARCHIBALD MACLEISH THE ARABIAN SHAWL by KATHERINE MANSFIELD PRAYER FOR COURAGE by LOUIS UNTERMEYER THE HERETIC: 2. IRONY by LOUIS UNTERMEYER THE WINE OF NIGHT by LOUIS UNTERMEYER THE LOVER MOURNS FOR THE LOSS OF LOVE by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS |