Egypt's might is tumbled down
Down a-down the deeps of thought;
Greece is fallen and Troy town,
Glorious Rome hath lost her crown,
Venice' pride is nought.
But the dreams their children dreamed
Fleeting, unsubstantial, vain
Shadowy as the shadows seemed
Airy nothing, as they deemed,
These remain.

Mary Coleridge

Egypt's Might is Tumbled Down

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Decline of civilization Societal collapse Impermanence

Author

Mary Coleridge

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Egypt's Might is Tumbled Down

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Poem

Language

English

Time

1908 1900s 20th century

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Poet Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Coleridge, Mary. "Egypt's Might is Tumbled Down." Poems. London: Elkin Mathews, 1908, I. 1.

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Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

George Santayana

The Life of Reason

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Learning from the past History The past

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George Santayana
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The Life of Reason
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Philosophical literature
Language
English
Time
1905 1900s 20th century
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Santayana, George. The Life of Reason: Introduction and Reason in Common Sense, edited by Marianne S. Wokeck and Martin A. Coleman. Vol. 7, The MIT Press, 2011, bk. 1, ch. 12. Originally published by Charles Scribner's Sons, 1905