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ON SEEING A LITTLE CHILD SPIN A COIN OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT - ZaunköniG - 01.01.2011
ON SEEING A LITTLE CHILD SPIN A COIN OF
ALEXANDER THE GREAT
This is the face of him, whose quick resource
Of eye and hand subdued Bucephalus,
And made the shadow of a startled horse
A foreground for his glory. It is thus
They hand him down ; this coin of Philip's son
Recalls his life, his glories, and misdeeds ;
And that abortive court of Babylon,
Where the world's throne was left among the reeds.
His dust is lost among the ancient dead,
A coin his only presence : he is gone :
And all but this half mythic image fled —
A simple child may do him shame and slight ;
'Twixt thumb and finger take the golden head,
And spin the horns of Ammon out of sight.