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Who built Thebes of the 7 gates ?
\nIn the books you will read the names of kings.
\nDid the kings haul up the lumps of rock ?<\/p>\n
And Babylon, many times demolished,
\nWho raised it up so many times ?<\/p>\n
In what houses of gold glittering Lima did its builders live ?
\nWhere, the evening that the Great Wall of China was finished, did the masons go?<\/p>\n
Great Rome is full of triumphal arches.
\nWho erected them ?<\/p>\n
Over whom did the Caesars triumph ?
\nHad Byzantium, much praised in song, only palaces for its inhabitants ?<\/p>\n
Even in fabled Atlantis, the night that the ocean engulfed it,
\nThe drowning still cried out for their slaves.<\/p>\n
The young Alexander conquered India.
\nWas he alone ?<\/p>\n
Caesar defeated the Gauls.
\nDid he not even have a cook with him ?<\/p>\n
Philip of Spain wept when his armada went down.
\nWas he the only one to weep ?<\/p>\n
Frederick the 2nd won the 7 Years War.
\nWho else won it ?<\/p>\n
Every page a victory.
\nWho cooked the feast for the victors ?<\/p>\n
Every 10 years a great man.
\nWho paid the bill ?<\/p>\n
So many reports.<\/p>\n
So many questions.<\/p>\n
*1935*<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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<\/a>Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht\u00a0 [1898-1956] was a noted German playwright and theatre director but he also wrote some amazing poetry. His first poems were published when he was 16 and he went on to write many hundreds through his lifetime. His poetry was influenced by folk-ballads and songs as well as the poetry of Rimbaud and Villon.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"