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...Caesars dwelt, And dwell the tuneless birds of night, amidst A grove which springs through levell'd battlements, And twines its roots with the imperial...Circus stands, A noble wreck in ruinous perfection ! Grovel on earth in indistinct decay. — And thou didst shine, thou rolling moon, upon All this,...

...Caesars dwelt, And dwell the tuneless birds of night, amidst A grove which springs through levell'd battlements, And twines its roots with the imperial hearths, Ivy usurps the laurel's place of growth ; — A noble wreck in ruinous perfection ! While Caesar's chambers, and the Augustan halls, Grovel...

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