Say not of me that Weakly I Declined

SAY not of me that weakly I declined / The labours of my sires, and fled the 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 dying sun_, / _Smiled well content_, _and to this childish task_ / _Around the fire addressed its evening hours_.