Babylon, Learned and wise, hath perished utterly, Nor leaves her speech one word to aid the sigh That would lament her. (William Wordsworth)

Babylon, Learned and wise, hath perished utterly, Nor leaves her speech one word to aid the sigh That would lament her.

William Wordsworth

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