Living
How Many Ages Did the Planets Roll
From Works and Life, ed. Forster, vol. VIII (1876)
Living
How many ages did the planets roll
O'er sapient heads that nightly watcht their course,
Ere the most sapient betwixt pole and pole
Believed them fleeter than the dustman's horse!
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Landor, Walter Savage. “How Many Ages Did the Planets Roll.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/595/.
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Landor, Walter Savage. “How Many Ages Did the Planets Roll.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/595/.
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