Pyramid of Cestius an essential sight for many who undertook the Grand Tour in the 18th and 19th centuries. It was much admired by architects, becoming the primary model for pyramids built in the West during this period. Percy Bysshe Shelley described it as "one keen pyramid with wedge sublime" in "Adonaïs", his 1821 elegy for John Keats. In turn the English novelist and poet Thomas Hardy saw the pyramid during a visit to the nearby Protestant Cemetery in 1887 and was inspired to write a poem, "Rome: At the Pyramid of Cestius near the Graves of Shelley and Keats", in which he
Monuments to an Elegy SoundCloud on October 20. On November 4, it was revealed that the album's next single would be "One and All", and that it would be released on November 5. On November 17, it was announced that, by preordering the album through participating record stores, you can get a free "Monuments to an Elegy" sampler, which includes the two previously released singles and the as-of-yet not released "Tiberius". Later that day, "Tiberius" was premiered on Vice. On November 20, it was announced that the album's next single would be "Drum + Fife", which was released on November 21. On December 2,