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Damnatio Memoriae - Futility Closet
In October 1780, a month after Benedict Arnold defected to the British, this acrostic appeared in American newspapers: B orn for a curse to virtue and mankind, E arth’s broadest realm ne’er knew so black a mind. N ight’s sable veil your crimes can never hide, E ach one so great, ‘twould glut historic tide. D efunct, your cursed memory will live I n all the glare that infamy can give. C urses of ages will attend your name, T raitors alone will glory in your shame. A lmighty vengeance sternly waits to roll R ivers of sulphur on your...
Greg Ross