Nineteenth and the twentieth

For years and years have passed the years,
But I was born in the twenty-first turn,
Indeed was I late to arrive, but I read about it,

The nineteenth and twentieth had a flavour of joy,
and the spirit of consciousness and enthusiasm,
I wish I could be there to fondle the air,
Indeed was I late to arrive, but I read about it,

It woke up with a dream and lived to achieve it,
But I was born in the twenty-first turn,
Indeed was I late to arrive, but I read about it,
Indeed was I late to arrive, but I read about it.

-By Pratik B.

Note: This is a poem giving tribute to the rock stars of science in the late 19th and the 20th centuries.