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THE RUINS OF CORINTH by ANTIPATER OF SIDON

First Line: WHERE, CORINTH, IS THE GLORY OF THY KEEP
Last Line: UNRAVISHED YET, TO WEEP THY DOWNFALL STAY.
Subject(s): CORINTH, GREECE; RUINS;
WHERE, Corinth, is the glory of thy keep,
The ancient wealth, the turret-circled steep?
Where are thy fanes, thy homes? Where all thy wives?
Where do the myriads of thy people sleep?

Of all thy pride no sign is left to-day:
All has war taken, all consumed away.
Only the halcyons, Ocean's Nereid brood,
Unravished yet, to weep thy downfall stay.



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