The Ravaged Villa

by Herman Melville


In shards the sylvan vases lie,
Their links of dance undone;
And brambles wither by thy brim,
Choked Foundation 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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