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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.
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.
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.
