Valery Bryusov: Epitaph of a forgotten world conqueror

==== Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts Russian writers on war ==== Valery BryusovAssargadonAn Assyrian InscriptionTranslated by Peter Tempest The chief of kings on earth am I, Assargadon,You lords and chiefs, know that my word spells woe and trouble!Against my rule did Sidon make rebellion.Sidon I crushed and in the sea did throw her […]

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