The Ravaged Villa
In shards the sylvan vases lie,
Their links of dance undone,
And brambles wither by thy brim,
Choked Fountain of the Sun!
The spider in the laurel spins,
The weed exiles the flower:
And, flung to kiln, Apollo’s bust
Makes lime for Mammon’s tower.
Credit
From Timoleon, Etc. (The Caxton Press, 1891). This poem is in the public domain.
Author
Herman Melville
Born in 1819 into a once-prominent New York family, Herman Melville was
raised
Date Published
01/01/1891