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Who built the seven gates of Thebes?
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The books are filled with the names of kings.
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Was it kings who hauled the craggy blocks of stone?
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And Babylon, so many times destroyed.
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Who built the city up each time?
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In which of Lima's houses, the city glittering with gold,
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live those who built it?
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In the evening when the Chinese wall was finished
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Where did the masons go?
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Imperial Rome is full of arcs of triumph.
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Who reared them up?
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Over whom Did the Caesars triumph?