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Edwin Arlington Robinson - Villanelle of Change
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Since Persia fell at Marathon,
     The yellow years have gathered fast: 
   Long centuries have come and gone. 

   And yet (they say) the place will don
     A phantom fury of the past, 
   Since Persia fell at Marathon; 

   And as of old, when Helicon
     Trembled and swayed with rapture vast
   (Long centuries have come and gone),

  This ancient plain, when night comes on, 
    Shakes to a ghostly battle-blast, 
  Since Persia fell at Marathon.

  But into soundless Acheron
    The glory of Greek shame was cast: 
  Long centuries have come and gone,

  The suns of Hellas have all shone, 
    The first has fallen to the last:— 
  Since Persia fell at Marathon, 
  Long centuries have come and gone.
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