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