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A Worker Reads History7 j2 X$ Z5 x) R' S: p- h
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+ A& x {" O W' m" K; v5 @; P4 {Who built the seven gates of Thebes?/ F# d% B* H6 Q1 f
The books are filled with names of kings.' B' X! a$ n8 M- ?) |$ k
Was it the kings who hauled the craggy blocks of stone?3 |' `9 E7 r8 U: }$ [
And Babylon, so many times destroyed.
]( _9 v* m- f! uWho built the city up each time? In which of Lima's houses,
6 B. \4 r8 m" v+ bThat city glittering with gold, lived those who built it?
0 N, o% u' c* F# n$ hIn the evening when the Chinese wall was finished
- e7 Q; i( _# r+ ~8 X- [Where did the masons go? Imperial Rome
5 i$ W U0 {7 {" Q: JIs full of arcs of triumph. Who reared them up? Over whom4 i! g: ?" u3 W4 C+ ~4 s6 F! ^
Did the Caesars triumph? Byzantium lives in song.
5 f- H# z6 T4 \; A3 jWere all her dwellings palaces? And even in Atlantis of the legend& Q+ v' k/ [) r2 q! z
The night the seas rushed in,
1 M. E2 q( q$ Z9 }9 \8 rThe drowning men still bellowed for their slaves. w$ H: z7 x* y# T/ |
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Young Alexander conquered India.1 d. u4 ^2 N; d7 p& ^4 e5 A+ I
He alone?
9 E2 j' @: d5 D% U7 d. KCaesar beat the Gauls.
% y' t1 E( }* S- LWas there not even a cook in his army?3 s7 L) S, J% h Q8 U
Phillip of Spain wept as his fleet1 J5 j* s4 o8 c0 r7 e
was sunk and destroyed. Were there no other tears?
1 b0 M) Y" u& k4 I0 P8 Y+ ^3 oFrederick the Greek triumphed in the Seven Years War.! F) @& }+ q6 s/ N7 c7 e
Who triumphed with him?+ p) [! x! P" T
& S6 \, |# O: b( n8 d3 b' SEach page a victory
! l& N7 E) V" j* [( a+ Y( i( ?At whose expense the victory ball?& e! s- _ n" q, N" M" {8 w
Every ten years a great man,6 R; [/ C+ u5 Q( d
Who paid the piper?. R) g. s7 l2 k1 u2 O4 I# T
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So many particulars.: k; a8 ^* W' _* p; k; U
So many questions.
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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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