Trophies of triumphant toil;

Never Athens, Rome, Palmyra,

Gazed on such a costly spoil.

Dazzling the bewildered vision,

More than princely pomp we see:

What the blaze of the Alhambra,

Dome of emerald, to thee?

Heir of glory,

What is that to thee and me?

Farthest cities pour their riches,