<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=420233" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Great Fire of Rome</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">July eighteenth in 64’<br>Of the Common Era<br>Play Nero, play upon the lyre<br>While Rome Is fed into the fire</div><div style="margin:10px 0">At the Circus near the Palatine<br>in some shops began the fire<br>You looked on impassively<br>And played upon your lyre</div><div style="margin:10px 0">You sang about” The Sack of Troy”<br>The Trojans funeral pyre<br>While portions of your palace<br>Were themselves consumed by fire</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Three Quarters of the city gone<br>The fire raged for days<br>Casualties kept mounting<br>as the Romans fought the flames.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>You blamed the Christians for the deed<br>The lions lunched for days<br>You built yourself the house of gold<br>Upon the pauper's graves</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=John+F.+McCullagh">John F. McCullagh</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=420233" data-title="The Great Fire of Rome de John F. McCullagh" data-description="July eighteenth in 64’ Of the Common Era Play Nero, play upon the lyre While Rome Is fed into the fire At the Circus near the Palatine in some shops began the fire You looked on impassively And played upon your lyre You sang about” The Sack ..."></div> </div> </div>

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