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The Sonnets Of Tommaso Campanella - Nebuchadnezzar's Image.

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Babel disfatta.     The golden head was Babylon; she passed:             Persia came next, the silvern breast: whereto             Joined brazen flank and belly--these are you,             Ye men of Macedon! Now Rome's the last.     Rome on two iron legs towered tall and vast;             But at her feet were toes of clay, that drew             Downfall: those scattered tribes erewhile she knew             For lords; now 'neath her fatal sway they're cast.     Ah thirsty soil! From your parched fallow fumes             A smoke of pride, vain-glory, cruelty,             That blinds, infects, and blackens, and consumes!     To Daniel, to the Bible you refuse             Your rebel sense; for it is still your use             To screen yourself with lies and sophistry.

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