Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ON THE PALATINE HILL, by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON



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ON THE PALATINE HILL, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Above the palace of the caesars blow
Last Line: Long time agone, such a great while ago!
Subject(s): Flowers; Passion; Trees


ABOVE the palace of the Caesars blow
Poppies and buttercups, and rise cool trees:
The palms and pines and slender cypresses.
What pomps and passions buried under these,
Long time agone, such a great while ago!





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