The fall of an empire

Alack and alas! The Turks have taken Constantinople,They've taken the King's throne, the rulers are changed.Churches mourn, monasteries cry,and St. John Chrysostom weeps and laments.“Don't cry, St. John, and don't lament, Romania is taken.But though gone, Romania will blossom again.”- From a poem in praise of ConstantinopleConstantinople, wondrous city near the Bosphorus blue,With your glory,…