Italy from the Alps to Mount Etna . ROMAN GIRL. THE ETERNAL CITY IN A MODERN TOGA. 231. IN THE VILLA EORGHESE. THE ETERNAL CITY IN A MODERN TOGA. Thou lcadst us back into the upper world,O spirit of this nineteenth century !Thou tellest of new races that arise,Of noble edifices springing upFrom ruin, and of holy temple-columnsBuilt for eternal worship of the gods.—J. D. Falk. HIS wonderful modern time of ours puffs and thunders along on his fire-horseover iron roads that cross the ancient Roman ways, on, across the bare, brown,uncultivated plain, past the antique milestones, towards the Eterna
Italy from the Alps to Mount Etna . ROMAN GIRL. THE ETERNAL CITY IN A MODERN TOGA. 231. IN THE VILLA EORGHESE. THE ETERNAL CITY IN A MODERN TOGA. Thou lcadst us back into the upper world,O spirit of this nineteenth century !Thou tellest of new races that arise,Of noble edifices springing upFrom ruin, and of holy temple-columnsBuilt for eternal worship of the gods.—J. D. Falk. HIS wonderful modern time of ours puffs and thunders along on his fire-horseover iron roads that cross the ancient Roman ways, on, across the bare, brown,uncultivated plain, past the antique milestones, towards the Eternal City. Therolling Campagna spreads to the right and the left of the railway like a petrifiedsea whose swelling waves have been suddenly arrested in their movement. The Tiberflowing between grey willows, lingers lazy and sullen far behind the flying train. Apurple mist hangs over the horizon, and the heavens are as brass above us. Light andheat reign here, unchecked and untempered, with tremendous power. No sign appears tobetoken that we are approaching the former mistress of the
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