'Tis a glorious thing to visit lands where empire lived of yore,
To tread upon the Assyrian plain, the Greek and Latin shore,
To ponder o'er the mighty tombs of generations gone,
And dream, amid the ruins vast, of Rome and Babylon.
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There is something so majestic in viewing the ruins of the past. Brings about a feeling of how long this world has gone on a and how far we have co e from the days of old. Lovely poem!