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William Leighton

Or more remote in forests of Copan
Are ancient sites of ruined, stone-built cities,
Where tumbling walls and statues yet well-poised,
Or fallen half buried in the rank, black soil,
Greet with mysterious mockery every eye
That looks upon their marble solitude;
While each grim figure with time-mouldered lines
Seems striving still to tell its marvellous tale.

(Extract)


Main Location:

Copan Ruins, Honduras