Arthur Quiller-Couch, comp. The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse. 1922.
Tempora ActaE. Robert Bulwer, Lord Lytton (Owen Meredith) (18311891)
O
Time be heroic) heroic indeed!
When the men were few,
And the deeds to do
Were mighty and many,
And each man in his hand held a noble deed.
Now the deeds are few,
And the men are many,
And each man has, at most, but a noble need.