Temples, tombs, and monuments of ancient Greece and Rome. A description and a history of some of the most remarkable memorials of classical architecture (1871)
Adams, W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport), 1828-1891 · London, New York [etc.] T. Nelson and sons · leaf 16
grace ! Our Euripides, the human. With his droppings of warm tears,And his touches of things commonTill they rose to touch the spheres ! THROUGH ITS GLORIOUS PAST. democracy. Here was nurtured that pure and beautifulphilosophy, which has colouredwith its radiant hues so muchof the literature of… … Demosthenes;. Whereer we tread, tis haunted, holy ground ;No earth of thine is lost in vulgar mould.But one vast realm of wonder spreads around.And all the Muses tales seem truly told. * At every step, the traveller is arrested by some memo-rial of the glorious Past, which, though mute,…
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