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First Line: Abrupt the supernatural cross
Last Line: In mood nor barked so much at man.
Subject(s): Parthenon


( FIRST CHALLENGING THE VIEW ON THE APPROACH TO ATHENS)

Abrupt the supernatural Cross,
Vivid in startled air,
Smote the Emperor Constantine
And turned his soul's allegiance there.

With other power appealing down,
Trophy of Adam's best!
If cynic minds you scarce convert,
You try them, shake them, or molest.

Diogenes, that honest heart,
Lived ere your date began;
Thee had he seen, he might have swerved
In mood nor barked so much at Man.





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