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...bosom. • " A ruin — yet what ruin ! from its mass Walls, palaces, half cities have been reared ; Yet oft the enormous skeleton ye pass, And marvel where the spoil could have appeared." The shape necessary to an amphitheatre, has preserved it from destruction. Such was its stability that...

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...strangely load. A ruin, yet what a rnin ! from its mass Walls, palaces, half-cities, have been rear'd ; Tet oft the enormous skeleton ye pass And marvel where the spoil could have appeared, 928. Nodding gardens, &c. : The most celebrated are those of ancient Babylon. The new palace built...

...the Coliseum ! " A ruin, yet what ruin ! from its mass Walls, palaces, half cities have been reared ; Yet oft the enormous skeleton ye pass, And marvel...appeared : Hath it indeed been plundered or but cleared ? THE BATHS. 109 Alas ! developed, opens the decay, When the colossal fabric's form is neared ; It...

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...loud CXLIII. A ruin— yet what ruin ! from its mass Walls, palaces, half-cities, have been rear'd, Yet oft the enormous skeleton ye pass, And marvel where the spoil could have appcar'd. Hath it indeed been plunder'd, or but clear'd? Alu l developed, opens the decay, When the...

...SHAKSPEARE. A ruin — yet what ruin ! from its mass, Walls, palaces, half-cities, have been reared ; Yet oft the enormous skeleton ye pass, And marvel...Which streams too much on all years man have reft away. BYRON. BUT to continue my narrative. Our guide, who had little or no information, and, like a...

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