“Therefore the Romans were not so great because they were religious, but because they were sacrilegious with impuny.” –Arnobius, Adversus Gentes, tr Bryce in The AnteNicene Fathers v.6
One need not be a chamber to be haunted.
A hungry sparrow sings the saddest song,
And marble flooring cracks beneath its weight.
It was a dream, and dreams do not prolong:
A hungry sparrow sings the saddest song.
And you who mince the litany of wrong
Come into lands where none prevaricate.
A hungry sparrow sings the saddest song,
And marble flooring cracks beneath its weight.
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