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The city is not a concrete jungle, it is a human zoo.
The city is not a concrete jungle, it is a human zoo.
When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life read more
When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford
The point of cities is multiplicity of choice.
The point of cities is multiplicity of choice.
What is the city but the people?
What is the city but the people?
Smyrna, Rhodes, Colophon, Salamis, Chios, Argos, Athens--these
seven cities contend as to being the birthplace of the
illustrious read more
Smyrna, Rhodes, Colophon, Salamis, Chios, Argos, Athens--these
seven cities contend as to being the birthplace of the
illustrious Homer.
[Lat., Smyrna, Rhodos, Colophon, Salamis, Chios, Argos, Athenae,
Hae septem certant de stirpe insignis Homeri.]
Towered cities please us then,
And the busy hum of men.
Towered cities please us then,
And the busy hum of men.
A rose-red city half as old as Time.
A rose-red city half as old as Time.
I live not in myself, but I become
Portion of that around me; and to me
High read more
I live not in myself, but I become
Portion of that around me; and to me
High mountains are a feeling, but the hum
Of human cities torture.
Great Homer's birthplace seven rival cities claim,
Too mighty such monopoly of Fame.
Great Homer's birthplace seven rival cities claim,
Too mighty such monopoly of Fame.
