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mosque alone remains to tell, How glorious once did Agra rise, When gilded roof and pinnacle Met morning half-way in the skies.

Two mighty empires load the plain, With palace, mosque, and tomb, and tower: Out on the works man rears in vain! Out on the vanity of power!

A conqueror poured forth wealth and blood, And dome and temple rose sublime;— Now, what remains where Agra stood, But dust and ruins, Death and Time!