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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HIS MONUMENT, by EDWARD NOYES POMEROY
First Line: Abiding as the pyramids it stands
Last Line: Their betterment becomes thy monument.
Subject(s): Monuments
First Line: Abiding as the pyramids it stands
Last Line: Their betterment becomes thy monument.
Subject(s): Monuments
Abiding as the pyramids it stands—
His monument that does not bear his name,
This loftier Pharos lit with learning's flame
Whose radiance gladdens earth's remotest lands.
It was not builded with reluctant hands
To publish to mankind a despot's fame
And taunt the children with their father's shame.
So vast a labor only love commands.
Where many fail in life wouldst thou succeed
Superior to hate or accident?
Efface thyself when thou hast done thy deed;
Let the delight of doing, thee content.
Not thee but thine the generations' need;
Their betterment becomes thy monument.
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