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Show "THEY HAD NO POET, AND THEY DIED" H Vain was the chiefs, the sago's pride! H They had no poet, and they died. Hi Pope. H Hj By Tigris, or the streams of Ind, H' Ere Colchis rose, or Babylon, Hn Forgotten empires dreamed and sin- B ned, Hi Setting tall towns against the dawn, ! Which, when the proud Sun smote upon, Flashed fire for fire and pride for Hji pride; U Their names were . . . ask obllv i ion! ... m "They had no poet, and they died." K Queens, dusk of hair and tawny skin- m ' ned, M That loll where fellow leopards m i fawn . . . H f Their hearts are dust before the wind, m " Their loves, that shook the world, H are wan . . . M Passion is mighty . . . but, anon, H I Strong Death hay Romance for his brldo: H ' Their legends . . . ask oblivion! . . . H "They had no poet, and they died." H Heroes, the braggart trumps that din Hu ned H T Their futile trlumps, monarch, pawn, H ij, Wild tribesmen, kingdoms disciplined, H k Passed liko a whirlwind and were Ml ene; H1 They built with bronze and gold and H I brawn, Hl The inner Vision still denied; H Their conquests . . . ask obllv- H H'j "They had no poet, and they died." 1 i H-) Dumb oracles, and priests withdrawn, V Was it but flesh they deified? Htj Their gods were . . . ask cbllv- Hm vlon! . . . H "They had no poet, and they died." H Now York Sun. |
