| Augustin S. Macdonald, comp. A Collection of Verse by California Poets. 1914. | | | | The Grave of Pompey | | By Sister Anthony, S.N.D. |
| | | A WAVE-SCARRED rock beside a stranger sea, | |
| The rugged sculpture of a fettered hand, | |
| A Name, rude lettering from a smoking brand. | |
| “Magnus!” Sublime its silent mockery. | |
| And this the End! The triumph car, the train | 5 |
| Of weary captives and the clamorous throng | |
| Up the broad streets; the Senate’s proud acclaim; | |
| The storied Column, writ with woe and wrong; | |
| The breathing marble, and the drooping bay, | |
| And the last heart-throes of the Nation’s pain, | 10 |
| This, this the End! Come ye who look to Fame | |
| Come, Pride of Power, and gaze on Destiny, | |
| Only the drifting of the desert sand, | |
| Only the moan of the eternal Sea. | | | | |
|
|
