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WHAT SHALL ENDURE? by ETHELYN MILLER HARTWICH

First Line: GREAT ROADS THE ROMANS BUILT THAT MEN MIGHT MEET
Last Line: THE WALLS ARE FALLEN, BUT THE ROADS ENDURE.
Subject(s): STRENGTH;

Great roads the Romans built that men might meet,
And walls to keep strong men apart—secure.
Now centuries have gone, and in defeat
The walls are fallen, but the roads endure.



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