Since Persia fell at Marathon, The yellow years have gathered fast; Long centuries have come and gone. And yet (they say) the place will don A phantom fury of the past, Since Persia fell at Marathon' And as of old, when Helicon Trembled andc swayed with rapture vast (Long centuries have come and gone), This ancient plain, when night comes on, Shakes to a ghostly battle-blast, Since Persia fell at Marathon. But into soundless Acheron The glory of Greek shame was cast: Long centuries have come and gone, The suns of Hellas have all shone, The first has fallen to the last: -- Since Persia fell at Marathon, Long centuries have come and gone. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BLACK AND BLUE EYES by THOMAS MOORE TO WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER SUBH-I-KAZIB by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON BILL AND THE SUPE (A MINING CAMP BALLAD) by BERTON BRALEY SPRING AND WINTER by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON THE MIGHT OF TRUTH by ALICE CARY THE CROW'S CHILDREN by PHOEBE CARY |