Lawrence
Hall
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Jerusalem,
Athens, and Rome
See
now Jerusalem, Athens, and Rome
Three
celebrants mitred with golden light
And
vested in pillar, temple, and dome
They
lift life’s elements in sacred rite:
Jerusalem
the Wild, where prophets sing
Athens
the Reasoner, amid her vines
Rome,
the Giver of Laws, whose trumpets ring
And
send us civilization through wonders and signs
In
faith and form and word and polychrome -
See
now Jerusalem, Athens, and Rome
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