See! he sinks Without a word; and his ensanguined bier Is vacant in the west, while far and near Behold! each coward shadow eastward shrinks, Thou dost not strive, O sun, nor dost thou cry Amid thy cloud-built streets.

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "See! he sinks Without a word; and his ensanguined bier Is vacant in the west, while far and near Behold! each coward shadow eastward shrinks, Thou dost not strive, O sun, nor dost thou cry Amid thy cloud-built streets." in the context of "Frederick William Faber, The Rosary and Other Poems, On the Ramparts at Angoulême." to mean that wisdom is timeless.