. Recollections of a lifetime : or men and things I have seen ; in a series of familiar letters to a friend ; historical, biographical, anecdotical, and descriptive . ^ rest,Yet to the top with waving olives dressd,TTliile far beyond in rugged peaks ariseThe dark-l)lue Apennines against the tliis deep vale, with, sentried hills around,Set foot to foot, and all with villas crownd,Fair Florence lies—its huge Duomo flingingEen to Fiesole its silvery 525 Ah, what a varied page these scenes unfold—How much is written, yet how niach nntold IHere on this mound, the huge Cyclopean w
. Recollections of a lifetime : or men and things I have seen ; in a series of familiar letters to a friend ; historical, biographical, anecdotical, and descriptive . ^ rest,Yet to the top with waving olives dressd,TTliile far beyond in rugged peaks ariseThe dark-l)lue Apennines against the tliis deep vale, with, sentried hills around,Set foot to foot, and all with villas crownd,Fair Florence lies—its huge Duomo flingingEen to Fiesole its silvery 525 Ah, what a varied page these scenes unfold—How much is written, yet how niach nntold IHere on this mound, the huge Cyclopean wall—Its builders lost in Times unheeding thrall—Speaks of w^hole nations, ages, kingdoms, races,Of towers and cities, palaces and places—Of wars and sieges, marches, battles, strife,The hopes and fears—the agonies of life—AU passd away, their throbbing weal and woe,Eer Rome was built, three thousand years ago ! On the twenty-second day of February we enteredKome, and found the peach-trees in blossom. Theinodern city is in no respect remarkable. Its wallsare of some strength, but readily yielded to the at-tack of the French army in 1849. Its present popu-lation is one hundred and sevent3^-five the streets are narrow, and even the far-famedCorso is not over fifty feet wide. In general, thebuildings appear to be of modern date, with here andthere some grand monument of antiquity peering outfrom the midst of more recent structures. On t
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