26.12.2010, 15:22
A THOUGHT FOR MARCH 1860.
Yon happy blackbird's note the rushing wind
Quells not, nor disconcerts his golden tongue,
That breaks my morning dream with well-known song ;
How many a roaring March I've left behind.
Whose blasts, all-spirited with notes and trills,
Blew over peaceful England ! and, ere long.
Another March will come these hills among.
To clash the lattices and whirl the mills :
But what shall be ere then ? Ambition's lust
Is broad awake, and gazing from a throne
But newly set, counts half the world his own ;
All ancient covenants aside are thrust.
Old landmarks are like scratches in the dust.
His eagles wave their wings, and they are gone.
Yon happy blackbird's note the rushing wind
Quells not, nor disconcerts his golden tongue,
That breaks my morning dream with well-known song ;
How many a roaring March I've left behind.
Whose blasts, all-spirited with notes and trills,
Blew over peaceful England ! and, ere long.
Another March will come these hills among.
To clash the lattices and whirl the mills :
But what shall be ere then ? Ambition's lust
Is broad awake, and gazing from a throne
But newly set, counts half the world his own ;
All ancient covenants aside are thrust.
Old landmarks are like scratches in the dust.
His eagles wave their wings, and they are gone.