History & Politics
The Ravaged Villa
From Timoleon (1891)
History & Politics
In shards the sylvan vases lie,
Their links of dance undone,
And brambles wither by thy brim,
Choked fountain of the sun!
The spider in the laurel spins,
The weed exiles the flower:
And, flung to kiln, Apollo’s bust
Makes lime for Mammon’s tower.
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MLA
Melville, Herman. “The Ravaged Villa.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/melville/93/.
Chicago
Melville, Herman. “The Ravaged Villa.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/melville/93/.
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