New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-05-08
ROMEO AND JULIET.

Tho Verona Of to-day is not the Verona of Romeo
and Juliet The palaces of the Moife and Rudolh are
s;ont. tbe Campa is STILL The Strada del Corso and
v;o Nuova wear look of beautiful sadness. Sorrow
ats upon ts gorgeous Cathedral, and in its Amphi-
,bestcr and paIadian temples Desolaton holds ITS
throne The CAV bright Veonese girl makes the streets
no longer merry with her light brisk step. Inc
vortb of Verona are no longer seen gathering
in brcbt crowd in the Piazza del Sgnori, or crclsng
with sparklipg liveliness the last fresh creature
of Gong or the last bunch of gltterng gossip about
si0nora Pampelunas intrigue with the Count OF Ma
pol The city which now sits in sadness was once
spot of light. Pliny, Vtruvius, Cornelius and Ca
tnIIers found birth within its walls; and OF all the
glowing fountains of Italy, there sprung from Verona
tho BRIGHTEST and most beautiful creations In street
which sin stands the American traveller is guided TO
,ho bouoo where Paolo Veronese was born. lie
- ocoin. and meets the palace oil Louis
.uaI;a; from whom Dante sprung But
a. noe4rv of the past adds only one shade
&c ,no,oncboly more to the sadness OF verona,
end oxbibits in more startling outline the ago
-, ,,b;cb tyranny has written on her brow. On the
sno, where once the poet sang and sculptor carved,
I'D nainter dreamed and noble maidens ana Dngh'
voutbs launched life most charmingy away cialte's
now tbe iincling spur of the Austrian hussar Inc
49,. ,ok yyorn-tbe houses cold; childhood does not
ro.r ~ smile: woman seems sad-man sinister. LAD
s, tho life of all that is beautiful is gone, anu every
thing wears the livery of lustfnl Austria.
Pat e Verona was in her bright days, the heater oil
,ho doIcbtfu the scene Of Loves revels and Fancy
an. .be WINS also the stage of their too frequent ac
Observation-Disclosures, Rivalry and Revenge Inc
ann which makes the field beam with voluptuous YER
oroD
and mellow p and luscious grape spring forth IN iuxN
snce i,too renublican in its sway to impress skies
plants tres and waters and not print its fiery image
pron man That mark it left on Romeo and Juhet
on the Mou.ecchis and Capuletts. What Is fancy IN
colder cline. Flows under Ialys hot sun into passion;
what is rivalry, into hatred.
Gioyspo Panteo. the Poet Laureate VINO was
crowned in Verona in l4Si, used 10 say '',"' ~,
tales Of 6e society of Verona were ga'he'eu' '''i0
would beAeme enough 10 write ronanoes 'oi '"O"'
and years The fifteenth century was lnuceu a" III
spring one FOR Italy. Popes and Princes ''ou =" ""
slowing nnifcent patronage on a''' an"
hts grew almost as rlch luAulld"'o
the mushrooss on the banks OF the A'Is''
which with e waters divides verona i"0
intensity of low which lent its heat 10 inc s'oi!
Of Romeo and jet, and the tragic incidents wn'oH
threw such saeess around its close, AS even -
soften the hatredst the race and move the city INTO
tears, was recordeby the historian Della Cor'e'
noveiiied by Luigit Porta and Bandella' Iheso
novels were reprinte translated and initiated III
several languages, an furnished Arthur BrooAs'
nom which Shakspearderived the subject oil MS
tragedy, while at the sac time he had also before
NE NJ EYES the TRANSACTIONS t the original narratives
"e NsTonese, as many 70 read this will remen-
W. place implicit faith this romantic tale, and
-, 700 Ae traveller to lovers tomb. We our
Aa'. looked, with a Ssuoss for which we could
.~nrsr~s " The plain, ON, partly-decayed sar-
az - "'e, Which few Uttered leaves hang IN
So e''ueH u Tie Orphan Asyu of St. Francis dc
hs.r;n. ., 49," sVu'g gHs pass tough Verona without
@0' This tomb but its memory s,'s LONG aimee have