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To Don Quixote

You saw the world a golden age,
    A country wench a Queen,
What is dull, wonted, formal, stale
    Magnificent Has Been;
Against you, zany of world’s stage,
    The man of safety wins;
But heaven shall be your own tilt-yard,
    Its palaces your inns.

This poem is in the public domain. Published in Poem-a-Day on July 11, 2026, by the Academy of American Poets.

H. J. Massingham

H. J. Massingham — Photo credit: Elliott & Fry

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