Cities which knew you shall know you no more: Come, to new intimacies; Dream as the wisest of men dreamed before - Stay and be safe on this magical shore; Stay, and be lovely with trees. Elephants dance here, stately and slow, On the fourteenth night of the moon; Children and emperors ride to and fro With princesses swarthy and whiter than snow, And boys like the sun at its noon. Stay, and be young with the blossoms of May; Stay, and be violet-crowned; For youth's a libation the world throws away, But here you may offer it day after day To the gods of the sky and the ground. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A GIRL'S GARDEN by ROBERT FROST WORLDLY PLACE by MATTHEW ARNOLD ACHIEVEMENT by MORRIS ABEL BEER |