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Rudyard Kipling - Romulus and RemusRudyard Kipling - Romulus and Remus
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Oh, little did the Wolf-Child care—  When first he planned his home, What City should arise and bear  The weight and state of Rome. A shiftless, westward-wandering tramp,  Checked by the Tiber flood, He reared a wall around his camp  Of uninspired mud. But when his brother leaped the Wall  And mocked its height and make, He guessed the future of it all  And slew him for its sake. Swift was the blow—swift as the thought  Which showed him in that hour How unbelief may bring to naught  The early steps of Power. Foreseeing Time`s imperilled hopes  Of Glory, Grace, and Love— All singers, Caesars, artists, Popes—  Would fail if Remus throve, He sent his brother to the Gods,  And, when the fit was o`er, Went on collecting turves and clods  To build the Wall once more!
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