Pleasure of RuinsHudson, 1953 - 466 pages |
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Page 187
... Once gods of earth , the living destinies That made a hundred nations bow ! Where's your extent of empire now ? Say where preserv'd your phantom glory lies ? Can brass the fleeting thing secure ? Enchain'd in temples does it stay ? Or ...
... Once gods of earth , the living destinies That made a hundred nations bow ! Where's your extent of empire now ? Say where preserv'd your phantom glory lies ? Can brass the fleeting thing secure ? Enchain'd in temples does it stay ? Or ...
Page 195
... once more to flocks and herds of cattle . " So far , in fact , have the modern Romans forgotten the theatre of the ... once the glory of Rome and the admiration of the universe , were heaps of ruins . On the columns of Trajan and ...
... once more to flocks and herds of cattle . " So far , in fact , have the modern Romans forgotten the theatre of the ... once the glory of Rome and the admiration of the universe , were heaps of ruins . On the columns of Trajan and ...
Page 245
... once the capital of Roman Arabia , succeeding Petra , preceding Palmyra , as the most important of the caravan trade cities of the desert . Bosra is to - day one of the happiest of the ruin - hunters ' Syrian haunts ; it has everything ...
... once the capital of Roman Arabia , succeeding Petra , preceding Palmyra , as the most important of the caravan trade cities of the desert . Bosra is to - day one of the happiest of the ruin - hunters ' Syrian haunts ; it has everything ...
Contents
THE STUPENDOUS PAST | 40 |
GHOSTLY STREETS | 255 |
THE HAUNTING GODS 311 | 313 |
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