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A Worker Reads History3 i4 Q% K6 }6 A# \
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Who built the seven gates of Thebes?
- N$ Q- r7 L3 K2 m' c) J6 aThe books are filled with names of kings.6 K, v R0 @ l
Was it the kings who hauled the craggy blocks of stone?
/ o; e# w3 W1 I ~And Babylon, so many times destroyed.; u" d2 J* c# {2 Y0 e
Who built the city up each time? In which of Lima's houses,, Q" e7 K9 p& W, j" `! R( w
That city glittering with gold, lived those who built it?$ g* p2 W+ l% h; f* L8 z
In the evening when the Chinese wall was finished
* t7 c' P& d* p4 Y6 rWhere did the masons go? Imperial Rome' n" V2 Z& P, P0 J' K) D3 N" L
Is full of arcs of triumph. Who reared them up? Over whom2 ]& D# |$ O1 q
Did the Caesars triumph? Byzantium lives in song.# W6 d) }4 \, | c( U0 X
Were all her dwellings palaces? And even in Atlantis of the legend- {, n+ j* h; H7 V& Q% Q( Q
The night the seas rushed in,
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Young Alexander conquered India.4 v H& |2 t% n! R
He alone?0 I" u Y: B) I0 W. t9 O" Q5 P$ [0 G
Caesar beat the Gauls.0 i/ L0 C9 H" C4 _. d# N
Was there not even a cook in his army?# \& c% o0 V) }' z, n( i
Phillip of Spain wept as his fleet
7 B, q, T7 r2 k6 I& }; t2 xwas sunk and destroyed. Were there no other tears?
- \, z& ?, U9 C3 l: B0 yFrederick the Greek triumphed in the Seven Years War.0 G0 m1 E8 i! m9 i/ X* C- H* z7 Z
Who triumphed with him?3 E+ R b5 o& E. A
/ o) r" ?! f R n2 m4 hEach page a victory$ R+ b* C: ~- ^* j( P9 e
At whose expense the victory ball?' B3 ~, p; U% H1 _5 o0 s9 s, O4 j
Every ten years a great man,: I$ w* Q% E1 @: K7 ~
Who paid the piper?5 b/ W5 a& o! ]9 p" V5 R4 l! X. a
7 A; W0 Q% D* S( KSo many particulars.: g, J5 Y5 a1 A( n% O& ^: I# T P
So many questions.
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6 M$ L+ T9 A' \. d, q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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