Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Russia: Vol. XX. 1876–79. | | | | Odessa | | Odessa | | Edna Dean Proctor (1829–1923) |
| | | DREAMING and looking seaward, | |
| No longer the warders wait, | |
| Guard of the Crescent banner, | |
| Gleaming on tower and gate,— | |
| The banner unfurled by the Prophet, | 5 |
| The banner in league with Fate. | |
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| Nor boom the guns of the Fortress, | |
| When sunset airs blow free, | |
| While the warriors kneel, as the echoes | |
| Die over steppe and sea,— | 10 |
| Kneel and pray that the Moslem | |
| Lord of the world may be. | |
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| Gone are the Turk, and the Crescent, | |
| And the Fortress of Khodja Bey; | |
| And lo! in their place, Odessa, | 15 |
| And the Russ with a grander sway,— | |
| The Russ and the Royal Eagle, | |
| That makes the Fate his prey! | | | | |
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