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Rh Destruction—swiftly through the gates she went,

Daring the undareable. But many a groan outbroke

From prophets of the House as thus they spoke.

"Woe, woe the House, the House and Rulers,—woe

The marriage-bed and dints

A husband's love imprints!

There she stands silent! meets no honor—no

Shame—sweetest still to see of things gone long ago!

And, through desire of one across the main,

A ghost will seem within the house to reign:

And hateful to the husband is the grace

Of well-shaped statues: from—in place of eyes,

Those blanks—all Aphrodité dies.

"But dream-appearing mournful fantasies—