Love

Egypt's might is tumbled down

by Mary E. Coleridge 1861–1907

From Poems (1908)

Love

Egypt's might is tumbled down
Down a-down the deeps of thought;
Greece is fallen and Troy town,
Glorious Rome hath lost her crown,
Venice' pride is nought.
But the dreams their children dreamed
Fleeting, unsubstantial, vain,
Shadowy as the shadows seemed,
Airy nothing, as they deemed.
These remain.

MLA

Coleridge, Mary E. “Egypt's might is tumbled down.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/coleridge_m/120/.

Chicago

Coleridge, Mary E. “Egypt's might is tumbled down.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/coleridge_m/120/.

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