O, wither'd is the garland of the war! The soldier's pole is fall'n; young boys and girls Are level now with men; the odds is gone, And there is nothing left remarkable Beneath the visiting moon. (Cleopatra VII)

O, wither'd is the garland of the war! The soldier's pole is fall'n; young boys and girls Are level now with men; the odds is gone, And there is nothing left remarkable Beneath the visiting moon.

Cleopatra VII

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