Great Goddess @3Peace@1 does Wealth on us bestow, From her our Sciences and Learning flow, Our Arts improve, and we the Artists prize, Our Altars fume with richest Sacrifice: Youths mind their active sports -- they often meet, Revel and dance with Maydens in the Street; The useless Shield serves to adorn the Hall, Whence Spiders weave their Nets against the Wall; Gauntlets and Spears lye covered over with Dust, And slighted Swords half eaten up with Rust; No Trumpets sound, no rattling Drums we hear, No frightful Clamours pierce the tim'rous Ear; Our weary Eyes emjoying nat'ral Rest, Refresh the Heart when 'tis with Cares opprest: Days steal away in Feasting and Delight, And Lovers spend in Serenades the Night. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE HOUR OF DEATH by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS THE BOOK OF THE LETTER, SELECTION by ABRAHAM ABULAFIA THE STORM by ALCAEUS OF MYTILENE TO LADY CHARLOTTYE GORDON; DRESSED IN A TARTAN SCOTCH BONNET by JAMES BEATTIE THIRD REUNION POEM by HARRY RANDOLPH BLYTHE APPRECIATION by LIDA WILLIAMS BROCKER TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 3. AFTER ALL SUFFERING by EDWARD CARPENTER |