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 196
her consuming cheek the autumnal leaf-like red. Perchance she died in age—surviving all, Charms, kindred, children—with the silver grayOn her long tresses, which might yet recall,It may be, still a something of the dayWhen they were braided, and her proud arrayAnd lovely form were envied, praised,… … 1282) Tomb of Caecilia Metella. 194 METELLAS TOMB. miles from the Porta di San Sebastiano, and adjacent tothe ruins of the stronghold of the Gaetanis. It standson the extremity of a stream of lava which has flowedfrom the Alban hills, and consists of a circular tower oftravertine, nearly 70 feet in…
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