Queen Berengaria's Courtesy, and Other Poems By the Lady E. Stuart Wortley. In Three Vols |
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THE TEMPLE OF JUPITER SERAPIS AT
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THE TEMPLE OF JUPITER SERAPIS AT POZZUOLI.
It is a sunny and a lovely spotWhere Jupiter Serapis' columns stand—
Disfeatured fragments—and on either hand
Idly aspire—these towards the skies were shot,
The glorious temple roof to uphold—but not
The temple roof now crowns them; but the bland
Blue beauteous skies, arched over sea and land,
Round this proud ruin—shedding without blot,
Or haze-drawn flaw—their glad untimely smiles!
Since such they seemed one little while to us!
In mockery flaunting these—Time's trophied piles!—
But basking in their glitterings, tremulous
Soon deemed we, won by golden sunshine's wiles—
Our thoughts untimely then, that blamed sweet nature thus.
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