Ode to Virgil
On the Two-T, housandth Anniversary of his Birthday : TY O thousand.fleeting years have sped away . Since thou,:immortal poet, the earth did’st greet, And all the silent-gods of night and day Laid gifts of glory at thy infant feet. Two thousand..years! Yet still the living fire Of thy deep soul: burns bright and steadfastly; And still thy rolling harmonies inspire Our lesser poets to immortality. Thy heroes live, though Roman glory dies; Immorial in thy words their great deeds flame. And fair Elysian fields of Paradise Shine with the secret splendour of thy name. The world the mem’ry of her golden days, Her age of laughing youth, through thee keeps brightBut who with faltering tongue can sing thy praise When Time and Death stand hushed before thy might!
BASBLEU
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Radio Record, Volume IV, Issue 10, 19 September 1930, Page 31
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131Ode to Virgil Radio Record, Volume IV, Issue 10, 19 September 1930, Page 31
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