Say Not of Me That Weakly I Declined" From Underwoods Say not of me, that weakly I declined The labours of my siers, and fled to sea, The towers we founded and the lamps we lit, To play at home with paper like a child. But rather say: In the afternoon of time A strenuous family dusted from its hands The sand of granite, and beholding far Along the sounding coast its pyramids And tall memorials catch the cying sun, Smiled well content, and to this childish task Around the fire addressed its evening hours.