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| "Oh, Rome! Your very ruins are a joy, Fallen is your pomp, but it was peerless once! Your noble blocks wrench'd from your ancient walls Are burn'd for lime by greedy slaves of gain. Villains! If such as you may have their way Three ages more, Rome's glory will be gone." - Pope Pius II |
| fallen is your pomp |