Ill times may be; she hath no thought of time:  
  She reigns beside the waters yet in pride.  
  Rude voices cry: but in her ears the chime  
  Of full, sad bells brings back her old springtide. Like to a queen in pride of place, she wears  
  The splendour of a crown in Radcliffe's dome.  
  Well fare she, well! As perfect beauty fares;  
  And those high places, that are beauty's home.
"Oxford"























