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Page ii - God send thee good passage, And specially let this be thy prayere, Unto them all that thee will read or hear, Where thou art wrong, after their help to call, Thee to correct in any part or all.
Page 32 - Rome the metropolis of a bygone age, in Venice and Genoa, and even in Pisa and Siena, the splendour of mediaeval republics, cannot but experience a feeling of profound disappointment on beholding Naples.
Page ix - Thou art the garden of the world, the home Of all Art yields, and Nature can decree ; Even in thy desert, what is like to thee ? Thy very weeds are beautiful, thy waste More rich than other climes' fertility ; Thy wreck a glory, and thy ruin graced With an immaculate charm which cannot be defaced.