Cambridge Poets 1900–1913

James Elroy Flecker . II. But when I walk in Athens town That swims in dust and sun Perverse , I think of London then Where God 's brave work is done, And with what sweep at Westminster The rayless waters run . I ponder how from Attic seed There grew an English tree, How Byron like his heroes fell , Fighting a country free , And Swinburne took from Shelley 's lips The kiss of Poetry . And while our Poets chanted Pan Back to his pipes and power , Great Verrall , bending at his desk , And searching hour on hour Found out old gardens , where the wise May find a Spartan flower . III . When I go down the Gloucester lanes My friends are deaf and blind : Fast as they turn their foolish eyes The Mænads leap behind , And when I hear the fire - winged feet , They only hear the wind .