| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895. |
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| CITY about whose brow the north winds blow, | |
| Girdled with woods and shod with river foam, | |
| Called by a name as old as Troy or Rome, | |
| Be great as they but pure as thine own snow; | |
| Rather flash up amid the auroral glow, | 5 |
| The Lamia city of the northern star, | |
| Than be so hard with craft or wild with war, | |
| Peopled with deeds remembered for their woe. | |
| Thou art too bright for guile, too young for tears, | |
| And thou wilt live to be too strong for Time; | 10 |
| For he may mock thee with his furrowed frowns, | |
| But thou wilt grow in calm throughout the years, | |
| Cinctured with peace and crowned with power sublime, | |
| The maiden queen of all the towered towns. | |
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