THE “ORNAMENT of Asia” and the “Crown
Of fair Ionia.” Yea; but Asia stands
No more an empress, and Ionia’s hands
Have lost their sceptre. Thou, majestic town,
Art as a diamond on a faded robe: 5
The freshness of thy beauty scatters yet
The radiance of that sun of Empire set,
Whose disk sublime illumed the ancient globe.
Thou sitt’st between the mountains and the sea;
The sea and mountains flatter thine array, 10
And fill thy courts with grandeur, not decay;
And power, not death, proclaims thy cypress tree.
Through thee, the sovereign symbols Nature lent
Her rise, make Asia’s fall magnificent.
THE “ORNAMENT of Asia” and the “Crown Of fair Ionia.” Yea; but Asia stands No more an empress, and Ionia’s hands Have lost their sceptre. Thou, majestic town, Art as a diamond on a faded robe: 5The freshness of thy beauty scatters yet The radiance of that sun of Empire set, Whose disk sublime illumed the ancient globe. Thou sitt’st between the mountains and the sea; The sea and mountains flatter thine array, 10And fill thy courts with grandeur, not decay; And power, not death, proclaims thy cypress tree. Through thee, the sovereign symbols Nature lent Her rise, make Asia’s fall magnificent.
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