Italy from the Alps to Mount Etna . ARCH OF TITUS. temple of Jerusalem or the Pantheon, in the church of St. Peters or the cathedral ofCologne. And our own times ? Our times, too, fight with the sword of the Spirit, andstruggle on, hopeful of a glorious freedom. And our temples ? We care not for temples,but let us erect what we may, our Faith and cry shall be, ,£ Room and Light for All!. LFBR4RV or THE UNrVE^snry of !! PIOUS PILGRIMAGES AND PROFANE PROMENADES. 253 PIOUS PILGRIMAGES AND PROFANE PROMENADES. From peace to war the unstable nations turn,And carve their deeds on many a monument,So t
Italy from the Alps to Mount Etna . ARCH OF TITUS. temple of Jerusalem or the Pantheon, in the church of St. Peters or the cathedral ofCologne. And our own times ? Our times, too, fight with the sword of the Spirit, andstruggle on, hopeful of a glorious freedom. And our temples ? We care not for temples,but let us erect what we may, our Faith and cry shall be, ,£ Room and Light for All!. LFBR4RV or THE UNrVE^snry of !! PIOUS PILGRIMAGES AND PROFANE PROMENADES. 253 PIOUS PILGRIMAGES AND PROFANE PROMENADES. From peace to war the unstable nations turn,And carve their deeds on many a monument,So that the latter times their fame may learn,Reading these records as a ripe, and rot, and crumble back to earth ;Heroes march proudly past, and disappear;But blossom, growth, and fruit, and foliage sere,Are one in Lifes great story,—Death and Birth. H. LlNGG. T is a dull, rainy, April day. Clouds of mist brood over the Tiber, and veil thetowers of the churches, from whence no bell may sound to-day; for this is theday on which the Crucified Redeemer was laid in the tomb. How dreary is Rome on such a rainy day! How dirty, and how dull!Nowhere is the filth more abundant, or the misery, forlornness, and lifelessness morestrongly marked, than in that portion of the shore of the Tiber which lies between thebridge of Fabricius, opposite to the island, and the Pons Aurel
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