Far fall the day when England's realm shall see The sunset of dominion! Her increase Abolishes the man-dividing seas, And frames the brotherhood on earth to be! She, in free peoples planting sovereignty, Orbs half the civil world in British peace; And though time dispossess her, and she cease, Rome-like she greatens in man's memory. Oh, many a crown shall sink in war's turmoil, And many a new republic light the sky, Fleets sweep the ocean, nations till the soil, Genius be born and generations die, Orient and Occident together toil, Ere such a mighty work man rears on high! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...OPEN, TIME by LOUISE IMOGEN GUINEY LINCOLN by NICHOLAS VACHEL LINDSAY THE TALENTED MAN by WINTHROP MACKWORTH PRAED FIRST FRUITS IN 1812 [AUGUST 19, 1812] by WALLACE RICE TO THE QUEEN by ALFRED TENNYSON THE SECOND BROTHER; ACT 1, SCENE 2 by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES |