The cities of humankind have crumbled, and the time of civilization is at an end. Nature reclaims what once belonged to it, while wretched creatures scrabble for the leavings of decay. The life of man is now solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short, trapped by the reminders of the past, and blesse
Of Ruined Cities
β Scribed by Eve Brodlique Summers
- Book ID
- 123786811
- Publisher
- Modern Poetry Association
- Year
- 1919
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 133 KB
- Volume
- 14
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0032-2032
- DOI
- 10.2307/20572185
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