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The bloody corpses
of those who lived here?
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The town's destroyed,
though greedy flames
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still lick its walls.
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Thy charm, oh Troy,
is lost in woe,
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thy end is close!
1:17:18
Footsteps, moans... and silence!
1:17:21
Troy is now a colossal torch,
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a sacrificial fire,
a burnt-out desert.
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Verses worthy of burning.
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What flaws do you find in them?
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l shall be frank: they'd be worthy
of a Virgil, an Ovid,
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even a Homer,
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but not of you! Your fire
doesn't blaze enough, your flames
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are not hot enough.
Reject their flattery.
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You are capable of creating
the masterpiece of all masterpieces.
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So l shall repeat:
write better verse.
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The gods have given me
a spark of a talent
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and blessed me with an expert friend
who dares tell me the truth.
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- Away with those!
- No, no.
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Don't deprive mankind.
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Then you will receive them
in a cylinder of my own design.
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My burning Troy
is not blazing enough.
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You have opened my eyes.
l know the reason.
1:18:41
When a sculptor creates
a god's likeness,
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he hires a model,
and l've never seen a burning town,
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l lack authenticity.
1:18:51
l'll set Antium on fire.
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Or, if you want to spare it,
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l'll build a town
out of wood and let you ignite it.