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AT THE ARCH OF TITUS, by                    
First Line: So, titus, you have made that stiff-necked race
Last Line: Has triumphed over time ... And over you.
Subject(s): Titus, Emperor Of Rome (39-81 A.d.)


So, Titus, you have made that stiff-necked race,
The sons of Abraham, to bend the knee
To you, no god; laid low their Holy Place,
And left no stone to tell posterity
Here was Jerusalem. The Roman sword
Drank deep the blood of woman and of child;
Men ate each other calling on the Lord,
Who did not deign reply, though you defiled
His Temple. You have dragged your captives home
And had your triumph up the Sacred Way;
The people thronged about you here in Rome,
Where you spilled glory on their waning day.
Yes, Titus, you have conquered, but the Jew
Has triumphed over Time ... and over you.





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