Ezra Pound - RomeEzra Pound - Rome
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FROM THE FRENCH OF JOACHIM DU BELLAY
O thou new comer who seek`st Rome in Rome
And find`st in Rome no thing thou canst call Roman;
Arches worn old and palaces made common,
Rome`s name alone within these walls keeps home.
Behold how pride and ruin can befall
One who hath set the whole world `neath her laws,
All-conquering, now conquered, because
She is Time`s prey and Time consumeth all.
Rome thou art Romes`s one sole last monument,
Rome that alone hast conquered Rome the town,
Tiber alone, transient and seaward bent,
Remains of Rome. O world, thou unconstant mime!
That which stands firm in thee Time batters down,
And that which fleeteth doth outrun swift time.
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