OF Neptune's empire let us sing, At whose command the waves obey; To whom the rivers tribute pay, Down the high mountains sliding: To whom the scaly nation yields Homage for the crystal fields Wherein they dwell: And every sea-dog pays a gem Yearly out of his wat'ry cell To deck great Neptune's diadem. The Tritons dancing in a ring Before his palace gates do make The water with their echoes quake, Like the great thunder sounding: The sea-nymphs chant their accents shrill, And the sirens, taught to kill With their sweet voice, Make ev'ry echoing rock reply Unto their gentle murmuring noise The praise of Neptune's empery. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...EVENING IN ENGLAND by FRANCIS LEDWIDGE HARLEM SHADOWS by CLAUDE MCKAY THIS I REMEMBER by ELISABETH CHANNING ALLEN THE ORANGE-PEEL IN THE GUTTER by MATHILDE BLIND SONNETS FOR NEW YORK CITY: 3 by ANNA HEMPSTEAD BRANCH APPRIZALS by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 2. TO ONE IN TROUBLE by EDWARD CARPENTER |