• From “Childe Harold,” Canto IV.
      SIMPLE, erect, severe, austere, sublime,—
      Shrine of all saints and temple of all gods,
      From Jove to Jesus,—spared and blest by time;
      Looking tranquillity, while falls or nods
      Arch, empire, each thing round thee, and man plods
      His way through thorns to ashes,—glorious dome!
      Shalt thou not last?...