Its solemn wastes and homes of men among,
Circling all zones, thy mourning flight hast borne.
Empires have risen in might,
And peopled cities through the outspread earth,
And thou hast passed them at the hour of night
Listing the sounds of revelry and mirth.
Again thou hast gone by—
City and empire were alike o’erthrown,
Temple and palace, fall’n confusedly,
In marble ruin on the desert strown.