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<!-- NOTE: Ravenna is an Italian port city that became the capital of the Western Roman Empire. A series of aqueducts brought fresh water to the swampy city, which fell into disrepair by the time Saint Apollinaris travelled there. The murky canals and lack of fresh water may have been the inspiration for this satirical poem mocking the city as upside-down by Saint Sidonius Apollinaris. St. Apollinaris was persecuted and martyred at Ravenna in 79 AD. -->
In Ravenna Swamp
In Ravenna Swamp
Walls fall  waters stand
Walls fall  waters stand
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Old men desire a ball [abbr.: &], the youths another
Old men desire a ball [abbr.: &], the youths another
sealed eunuchs [bear] letters to arms  
sealed eunuchs [bear] letters to arms  
[Saint] Sidonius [Apollinaris]
[Saint] Sidonius [Apollinaris].
 
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Latest revision as of 21:39, 20 July 2017


In Ravenna Swamp Walls fall waters stand towers flow ships sit fields walk about doctors lie ill Baths become cold houses are burned up the living thirst the buried float thieves are vigilant [overscored contraction: ptates] sleep they [overscored contraction: che.] borrow they sing Psalms of Sirius negotiators fight soldiers negotiate Old men desire a ball [abbr.: &], the youths another sealed eunuchs [bear] letters to arms [Saint] Sidonius [Apollinaris].