The pageant sweeping past?
Gone with the thistle-down,
Swept by the hurrying blast.
‘Where is the trump of Fame
That woke the startled air?
’Tis like my branded name,
And like my dying prayer.
IV.
‘I’ve braved the din and strife
The pageant sweeping past?
Gone with the thistle-down,
Swept by the hurrying blast.
‘Where is the trump of Fame
That woke the startled air?
’Tis like my branded name,
And like my dying prayer.
IV.
‘I’ve braved the din and strife