IDEAL
Said I, "The world is made for Kings:
To him who works and working sings
Come joy and majesty and power
And steadfast love with royal wings."
"O watch these fools that blink and cower,"
Said that wise man: "and every hour
A score is born, a dozen dies."
Said I: "In London fades the flower
But far away the bright blue skies
Shall watch my solemn walls arise,
And all the glory, all the grace
Of earth shall gather there, and eyes
Will shine like stars in that new place."
Said he "Indeed of ancient race
Thou comest, with thy hollow scheme:
And quiet tears of men shall stream
For thee, O Architect of Dream,
Where are the islands of the blest?
And where Atlantis, where Theleme?"
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