<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=344226" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Ballade Of The Dead Cities</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The dust of Carthage and the dust<br>Of Babel on the desert wold,<br>The loves of Corinth, and the lust,<br>Orchomenos increased with gold;<br>The town of Jason, over-bold,<br>And Cherson, smitten in her prime -<br>What are they but a dream half-told?<br>Where are the cities of old time?</div><div style="margin:10px 0">In towns that were a kingdom's trust,<br>In dim Atlantic forests' fold,<br>The marble wasteth to a crust,<br>The granite crumbles into mould;<br>O'er these--left nameless from of old -<br>As over Shinar's brick and slime,<br>One vast forgetfulness is roll'd -<br>Where are the cities of old time?</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The lapse of ages, and the rust,<br>The fire, the frost, the waters cold,<br>Efface the evil and the just;<br>From Thebes, that Eriphyle sold,<br>To drown'd Caer-Is, whose sweet bells toll'd<br>Beneath the wave a dreamy chime<br>That echo'd from the mountain-hold, -<br>'Where are the cities of old time?'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">ENVOY.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Prince, all thy towns and cities must<br>Decay as these, till all their crime,<br>And mirth, and wealth, and toil are thrust<br>Where are the cities of old time.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Andrew+Lang">Andrew Lang</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=344226" data-title="Ballade Of The Dead Cities de Andrew Lang" data-description="The dust of Carthage and the dust Of Babel on the desert wold, The loves of Corinth, and the lust, Orchomenos increased with gold; The town of Jason, over-bold, And Cherson, smitten in her prime - What are they but a dream half-told? Where are the..."></div> </div> </div>

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