Time sitting on the throne of Memory Bade all her subject Days the past had known Arise and say what thing gave them renown Unforgettable, 'Rising from the sea, I gave the Genoese his dreams to be;' 'I saw the Corsican's Guards swept down;' 'Colonies I made free from a tyrant's crown;' -- So each Day told its immortality. And with these blazing triumphs spoke one voice Whose wistful speech no vaunting did employ: 'I know not if 'twere by Fate's chance or choice I hold the lowly birth of an English boy; I only know he made man's heart rejoice Because he played with Beauty for a toy!' | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE PRICE OF WOMEN by KAREN SWENSON EPITAPH by LASCELLES ABERCROMBIE DAY: MORNING by JOHN CUNNINGHAM THE POSY RING by CLEMENT MAROT TO JANE: THE RECOLLECTION by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY A BROADWAY PAGEANT by WALT WHITMAN |