Biermann, Georg, 1880-1949, Cox, Francis F · London : Siegle, Hill & co. · leaf 128
rit of mediaevalChristianity, in all the terror of its gloomy asceticism,sweeps like the chilling blast of an icy North windthrough the City of Spring. ^^Misericordia^ miserlcordia ! — Have mercy, O Lord, have mercy ! —it rings, likethe groan that breaks from aged lips in the anguish ofdeath.… … SAVONAROLA 77 ^^ Misericordia ! And now Charles VIII of Franceenters Italy, and as in the days of the Hohenstaufensthere commences a new era of the ever-recurring cam-paigns between European rulers fought out upon Italiansoil. And Savonarola sallies forth in exultation to hailthe misshapen royal…
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