The Coliseum

o Coliseuml ruin v icrt and Btrong, Defiant BtiH, spito povrer of time ::nd fate, Thou holdert w U thy Bolitary stato Amid aew worlds thi.t idly r i trong. And throagh the centurles thou dunt prolong Tho majesty of Borne, her mighty weight Of wili, npraised ábove th' íi'-.i greatf And quirk to [lunisli ;ill who did her wrong. But II ; oíd indifferent, 0nmove3 by awful Btcrnnesa f thy face, Hxilcss of nü the memories which have lent To thy inyieldiug form a tender grace, For thou nrt but the ahameleas monument Of the fiorec strengtli of un unlovine race.