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THE SOLILOQUY OF LIBERTY.
For thy stars with the moon, and the sun at noon,
On golden wings have sped:
Live long, I said.
On golden wings have sped:
Live long, I said.
Live till the seas go dry,—
Live long, I said;
Till the sluices of the sky
Their last, wild rains have shed;
Till the roses pale, and the seasons fail,
And mountains bury the dead:
Live long! I said.
Live long, I said;
Till the sluices of the sky
Their last, wild rains have shed;
Till the roses pale, and the seasons fail,
And mountains bury the dead:
Live long! I said.
Thou nation of my heart,
Live long! I said:
Live till the stars depart,
By the wan moon deathward led;
Till the sun drops down like a shattered crown
From an old king's dying head:
Live long! I said.
Live long! I said:
Live till the stars depart,
By the wan moon deathward led;
Till the sun drops down like a shattered crown
From an old king's dying head:
Live long! I said.
