One moment mankind rides the crested wave,
A moment glorious, beyond recall;
And then the wave, with slow and massive fall,
Obliterates the beauty that it gave.
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Superb Poem with fantastic line:
When discrowned king and manumitted slave
Are free and equal to be slaves of all,
Democracies in their wide freedom brawl,
And go down shouting to a common grave.
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Superb Poem with fantastic line: When discrowned king and manumitted slave Are free and equal to be slaves of all, Democracies in their wide freedom brawl, And go down shouting to a common grave.