(BROADWAY, 1906) WHEN in from Delos came the gold That held the dream of Pericles, When first Athenian ears were told The tumult of Euripides, When men met Aristophanes, Who fledged them with immortal quills-- Here, where the time knew none of these, There were some islands and some hills. When Rome went ravening to see The sons of mothers end their days, When Flaccus bade Leuconoe To banish her Chaldean ways, When first the pearled, alembic phrase Of Maro into music ran-- Here there was neither blame nor praise For Rome, or for the Mantuan. When Avon, like a faery floor, Lay freighted, for the eyes of One, With galleons laden long before By moonlit wharves in Avalon-- Here, where the white lights have begun To seethe a way for something fair, No prophet knew, from what was done, That there was triumph in the air. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HOW THEY GO ON by JAMES GALVIN MATE (2) by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON SUNSET by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON ODE TO THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY by SIDNEY LANIER BOTANICAL GARDENS by EDGAR LEE MASTERS DOMESDAY BOOK: GREGORY WENNER by EDGAR LEE MASTERS THEY PRAISE THE SUN by JOHN CROWE RANSOM |