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QUATRAIN: ROME by MADISON JULIUS CAWEIN

First Line: ABOVE THE CIRCUS OF THE WORLD SHE SAT
Last Line: SHRIEKED AT HER FEET AND FOR HER PASTIME DIED.
Subject(s): ROME, ITALY;
Above the circus of the world she sat,
Beautiful and base, a harlot crowned with pride:
Fierce nations, upon whom she sneered and spat,
Shrieked at her feet and for her pastime died.



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