Builders of Ruins is a collection of poems by Alice Meynell, a Victorian poet and essayist. The poems explore themes of mortality, loss, and the fragility of life. Meynell's work is characterized by its lyrical beauty and its exploration of the human condition. The poems in this collection are divided into three sections: "The Ruins of Life," "The Ruins of Love," and "The Ruins of Time." In each section, Meynell examines the ways in which life is fleeting and how we must accept the inevitability of death. The poems... AI Generated Content