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...the sight of the cold stars above ; the huge ruin around — all conspire to impress the mind that While stands the Coliseum Rome shall stand ! When falls the Coliseum, Rome shall fall I And when Rome falls — the world ! But what a tumult of thoughts come rushing on the mind as one...