The book The Great Grey King : And Other Poems Old And New was written by author Samuel Valentine Cole Here you can read free online of The Great Grey King : And Other Poems Old And New book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is The Great Grey King : And Other Poems Old And New a good or bad book?
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The blessed poets save us — not the kings. And not the warriors ; no great human wrongs Have they e'er stood for; no great rightful things But they have loved and cherished; by their songs We march and prosper; by their torches' rays The world moves forward into nobler ways. And in their hands for gracious use they bear The crowning gift of immortality ; [74] Digitized by VjOOQ IC The songless cities perish; in thin air Empires dissolve ; old customs cease to be ; But aught that is, though flun...g by others by, The poets touch it and it can not die ! Still Homer's heroes live and talk and fight; The old men chirp of Helen ; beacons flare From Ilium on to Argos in the night ; Penelope does not of her lord despair. But ravels still the day's work with her hands. And still Nausicaa by the pillar stands. How marvelous time's world-structure named of Song, With masonry of dream-stuff, and with halls Of golden music ! yet secure and strong ; Whereon decay's dark shadow never falls; A miracle of the masters from all lands And from all times — this house not made with hands !
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