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THE TEMPLES by THOMAS WALSH

First Line: THAT SOLOMON THE WISE KING MIGHT BEHOLD
Last Line: SWEPT THE DEAD LEAVES IN SCORN AGAINST HIS FACE.
Subject(s): COURTS & COURTIERS; DISDAIN; SHRINES; SOLOMON (10TH CENTURY B.C.); SCORN;

THAT Solomon the Wise King might behold,
The autumn hills raised high their brows of gold;
He, boasting, cried as from his wars he trod,
"My shrine shall shame ye in the eyes of God!"

But scarce his hoary lips released the word
When from the heights the wind's deep voice was heard;
The bannered forests roared, and from their place
Swept the dead leaves in scorn against his face.



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