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...A POST-IMPRESSIONIST SUSURRATION FOR THE FIRST OF NOVEMBER by HAYDEN CARRUTH DEAD LEAVES by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON CHILD OF MY HEART by EDWIN MARKHAM A MAN CHILD IS BORN (1839) by EDGAR LEE MASTERS PRELUDE TO A FAIRY TALE by EDITH SITWELL HYBRIDS OF WAR: A MORALITY POEM: 3. THAILALND by KAREN SWENSON |