The Ruins Of Rome/II

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The Ruins Of Rome ~ II written by Joachim Du Bellay translated by A. S. Kline

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Les Antiquités de Rome - II.

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The Babylonian praises his high wall,
And gardens high in air; Ephesian
Forms the Greek will praise again;
The people of the Nile their Pyramids tall;

And that same Greek still boasting will recall
Their statue of Jove the Olympian;
The Tomb of Mausolus, some Carian;
Cretans their long-lost labyrinthine hall.

The ancient Rhodian will praise the glory
Of that renowned Colossus, great in story:
And whatever noble work he can raise

To a like renown, some boaster thunders,
From on high; while I, above all, I praise
Rome’s seven hills, the world’s seven wonders.