Remnants remain of empires arcane
Power and control, roads and gold
Columns and walls, history, memories
Of an empire once thought paramount
A way of life thought transcendent
Sits there in grand idyllic pose
The excellence persistent
What we remember fades
But the walls remain
Empires rise
Empires fall
A collection of nations
The walls remain to remind us
Of who we once were
Of a time we thought was the height
Of all future generations
