Whence had they come The hand and lash that beat down frigid Rome What sacred drama through her body heaved When world-transforming Charlemagne was conceived.
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For to articulate sweet sounds together Is to work harder than all these, and yet Be thought an idler by the noisy set Of bankers, schoolmasters, and clergymen The martyrs call the world.
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I heard the old, old, men say 'all that's beautiful drifts away, like the waters.'
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