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I. This bridge spans two worlds... No, two realities, though where gone?! Mirrors the mythological beauty of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon Endorsing the clout and stoicism of Zeus's Statue on Mount Olympus Parallels the grieving love that built the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus Evokes the envy of the world as did the Great Library of Alexandria Rescues forlorn souls, unrivaled since the Lighthouse of Alexandria Embodies Giza's Pyramid's genius and their incorporated golden ratios Shorter lived and more vulnerable than the Colossus of Rhodes       Most impressive, though, is that this bridge was only built by two          Abandoned the 8th wonder of the ancient world... Dare who? II. Horatius Cocles, sole guardian of its last half, despairs at the disrepair.     Mind forever enveloped and enthralled by shadow's legendary glare! Horatius Cocles, despondent, knowing that glory days are long lost,    but more so bearing knowledge that Venus will never once more cross! Horatius Cocles, tortured by this bridge, yet impotent to torch it ablaze.    Disabled evermore by visceral love, yet would do it all the same.
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May 24, 2018
May 24, 2018 at 6:46 PM UTC
8th Wonder of The Ancient World
I. This bridge spans two worlds... No, two realities, though where gone?! Mirrors the mythological beauty of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon Endorsing the clout and stoicism of Zeus's Statue on Mount Olympus Parallels the grieving love that built the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus Evokes the envy of the world as did the Great Library of Alexandria Rescues forlorn souls, unrivaled since the Lighthouse of Alexandria Embodies Giza's Pyramid's genius and their incorporated golden ratios Shorter lived and more vulnerable than the Colossus of Rhodes       Most impressive, though, is that this bridge was only built by two          Abandoned the 8th wonder of the ancient world... Dare who? II. Horatius Cocles, sole guardian of its last half, despairs at the disrepair.     Mind forever enveloped and enthralled by shadow's legendary glare! Horatius Cocles, despondent, knowing that glory days are long lost,    but more so bearing knowledge that Venus will never once more cross! Horatius Cocles, tortured by this bridge, yet impotent to torch it ablaze.    Disabled evermore by visceral love, yet would do it all the same.
"'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all." -Alfred Lord Tennyson
#rhodes#giza#alexandria#olympus#halicarnassus#babylon#wonders#ancient#world
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kolacian
25/Iowa
May 24, 2018
May 24, 2018 at 6:46 PM UTC
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