Fair Greece! sad relic of departed Worth!
Immortal, though no more; though fallen, great!George Gordon, Lord Byron (1788-1824) English poet
Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, Canto 2, st. 73 (1812)
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The very utterness of the crash and ruin, the desperation of the case, might be its hope. On ruins one can begin to build. Anyhow, looking out from ruins one clearly sees; there are no obstructing walls.
Rose Macaulay (1881-1958) English writer
The Valley Captives (1911)
