Poems Ancient and Modern

Poems Ancient and Modern

Today’s Poem: The Gates of Damascus

Ye beat the bell that beats to hell, and who shall thrust you back? Not I.

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Joseph Bottum
Sep 26, 2025
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Pierre Tetar van Elven, View of Damascus, 1905 (Wikimedia Commons)

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