 | The poems of Richard Henry Stoddard |  |
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[How many, many centuries]
How many, many centuries,
When Death's long sleep has closed my eyes,
Mankind will walk above my head,
And I shall never hear their tread.
My kingdom as it came will go,
Another will possess my lands;
They passed from hand to hand, and so
Will pass from mine to other hands.”
When Death's long sleep has closed my eyes,
Mankind will walk above my head,
And I shall never hear their tread.
My kingdom as it came will go,
Another will possess my lands;
They passed from hand to hand, and so
Will pass from mine to other hands.”
This verse was written long ago
Upon the crown of Kai Khosro.
Upon the crown of Kai Khosro.
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