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A Worker Reads History
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) o9 f, E' R3 W5 m6 dWho built the seven gates of Thebes?0 }# U H: x J/ N3 C
The books are filled with names of kings.
2 D% q! F. T U K$ K# R- h1 vWas it the kings who hauled the craggy blocks of stone?) u0 i6 v; [; F/ |* a$ i0 a5 r
And Babylon, so many times destroyed.
& I+ n" C8 w) x5 ~Who built the city up each time? In which of Lima's houses,
: F1 Q+ t5 O8 S. s2 G* ^That city glittering with gold, lived those who built it?
$ S8 r3 Y9 x+ tIn the evening when the Chinese wall was finished
+ ~. i. v; \, H( e4 DWhere did the masons go? Imperial Rome
8 }. H8 U- b6 F6 ~. q/ ]Is full of arcs of triumph. Who reared them up? Over whom- r9 k/ l1 j! J% f5 t$ k
Did the Caesars triumph? Byzantium lives in song.
0 q- w4 V8 N/ J% h' e- KWere all her dwellings palaces? And even in Atlantis of the legend
" Y5 j2 t1 R0 XThe night the seas rushed in,
) u! f, ^3 V3 Y$ z* H1 [The drowning men still bellowed for their slaves. e: v3 t" h y3 R3 P7 T' O7 v
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Young Alexander conquered India.
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Caesar beat the Gauls.
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Phillip of Spain wept as his fleet! F. }9 N c- G h, Z
was sunk and destroyed. Were there no other tears?7 K& Q6 y& K: z9 q. M
Frederick the Greek triumphed in the Seven Years War.
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Each page a victory, l# c" O5 u( `7 q) V& {
At whose expense the victory ball? u7 @3 O: V2 t I2 P
Every ten years a great man,2 x8 A# v) q5 p- _; T& S6 T
Who paid the piper?
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6 L. S* j' ~; E/ h: dSo many particulars.& w3 T6 k( j b( L4 S
So many questions.! E" w' S7 d+ B
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此诗为耶鲁大学John Merriman历史202(现代欧洲史)第一堂大课所提,引人深思。历史到底是个啥?
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