Quotes from The Ruins of Rome — John Dyer
1699–1757 England
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There is a kindly mood of melancholy,
That wings the soul, and points her to the skies.
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Disparting towers,
Tumbling all precipitate down-dashed,
Rattling around, loud thundering to the moon.
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The solitary, silent, solemn scene,
Where Caesars, heroes, peasants, hermits lie,
Blended in dust together; where the slave
Rests from his labours; where the insulting proud
Resigns his power; the miser drops his hoard;
Where human folly sleeps.
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