THE "Ornament of Asia" and the "Crown Of fair Ionia." Yea; but Asia stands No more an empress, and Ionia's hands Have lost their sceptre. Thou, majestic town, Art as a diamond on a faded robe: The freshness of thy beauty scatters yet The radiance of that sun of Empire set, Whose disk sublime illumed the ancient globe. Thou sitt'st between the mountains and the sea; The sea and mountains flatter thine array, And fill thy courts with Grandeur, not Decay; And Power, not Death, proclaims thy cypress tree. Through thee, the sovereign symbols Nature lent Her rise, make Asia's fall magnificent. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO DIANEME (1) by ROBERT HERRICK STRANGE MEETING by WILFRED OWEN YOUTH AND AGE by GEORGE ARNOLD EMBLEMS OF LOVE: 6. FAIR AND SOFTLY by PHILIP AYRES A DISAPPOINTMENT by JOANNA BAILLIE THE MAID OF LLANWELLYN; A SONG by JOANNA BAILLIE |