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- # THE RAVAGED VILLA
## Overview
"THE RAVAGED VILLA" is a chapter of poetry, identified by its title and the text it contains. It is part of the larger collection "[John Marr and Other Poems](arke:01KG8AJ5CWVMSM9AY2938E996H)". The chapter was extracted from the file "[john_marr_and_other_poems.txt](arke:01KG89J19Y3FNVN5KWASY78BP4)".
## Context
This chapter is situated within the comprehensive "[Melville Complete Works](arke:01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW)" collection. It follows the chapter titled "[THE NIGHT MARCH](arke:01KG8AJGG06WK12FJCKNRNWSVW)" and precedes the chapter titled "[THE NEW ZEALOT TO THE SUN](arke:01KG8AJGG8M0NM60VF33S4AS3V)".
## Contents
The chapter "THE RAVAGED VILLA" contains a poem that uses imagery of decay and ruin to describe a once-beautiful villa. The poem speaks of "sylvan vases" lying in shards, "brambles wither[ing]", a "Choked fountain", and a spider spinning in the laurel. It contrasts the natural beauty with human destruction, noting Apollo's bust being "flung to kiln" to make lime for "Mammon’s tower." The poem evokes a sense of loss and the perversion of art and nature by greed.
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- THE RAVAGED VILLA
In shards the sylvan vases lie,
Their links of dance undone,
And brambles wither by thy brim,
Choked fountain of the sun!
The spider in the laurel spins,
The weed exiles the flower:
And, flung to kiln, Apollo’s bust
Makes lime for Mammon’s tower.
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- THE RAVAGED VILLA