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Admire--exult--despise--laugh--weep,--for here There is such matter for all feeling:--Man![og] Thou pendulum betwixt a smile and tear, Ages and Realms are crowded in this span, This mountain, whose obliterated plan The pyramid of Empires pinnacled, Of Glory's gewgaws shining in the van[oh] Till the Sun's rays with added flame were filled! Where are its golden roofs?[486] where those who dared to build?