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Ralph Waldo Emerson, comp. (1803–1882). Parnassus: An Anthology of Poetry. 1880.

Chivalry

Ben Jonson (1572–1637)

THE HOUSE of Chivalry decayed,

Or rather ruined seems, her buildings laid

Flat with the Earth, that were the pride of Time;

Those obelisks and columns broke and down,

That strook the stars, and raised the British Crown

To be a constellation.

When to the structure went more noble names

Than to the Ephesian Temple lost in flames,

When every stone was laid by virtuous hands.