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280 general literature and science What circumstances led to the great aggrandizement of Spain during this century Who reigned in it at the close of the century How was he connected with England Give the dates of the births and any particulars you may recollect of the lives of Lorenzo the Magnificent Savonorola Alexander the Sixth Essay on the reparation for the Reformation in the 15th century IV -iTranolntt into Latin lOrodc Rome itself eternal Rome the great city the empress of the world whose domination and superstition ancient and modern make great part of the history of this earth what is become of her now She laid her foundations deep and her palaces were strong and sumptuous She glorified herself and lived de- liciously and said in her heart sit queen and shall see no sorrow but her hour is come she is wiped away from the face of the earth and buried in everlasting oblivion Rut it is not cities only and works of men's hand9 but the everlasting hills the mountains and rocks of the earth are melted as wax before the sun and their place is no where found Here stood the Alps the load of the earth that covered many countries and reached their arms from the ocean to the Black Sea this huge mass of stone is softened and dissolved as tender cloud into rain Here stood the African mountains and Atlas with his top above the clouds there was frozen Caucasus and Taurus and Imaus and the mountains of Asia and yonder towards the north stood tbe Ripluean hills clothed in ice and snow All these are vanished dropt away as tbe snow upon their heads -Cranslatc into Latin Ictjiaro We watch'd her breathing through the night Her breathing soft and low As in her breast the wave of life Kept heaving to and fro