"Wonderful is this wall of stone,
wrecked by fate,
The city buildings crumble,
the bold words of the giants decay.
Roofs have caved in, towers collapsed,
Barred gates have gone,
gateways have gaping mouths,
Hoarfrost clings to the mortar."
--unknown, quoted in Mitchell's The Archeology of Anglo-Saxon England
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