Verse

By Walter Savage Landor

1775-1864

PAST ruin'd Ilion Helen lives,
         Alcestis rises from the shades;
Verse calls them forth; 'tis verse that gives
         Immortal youth to mortal maids.

Soon shall Oblivion's deepening veil
         Hide all the peopled hills you see,
The gay, the proud, while lovers hail
         These many summers you and me.

DayPoems Poem No. 513
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