Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-03-12

G!aucus: hero the halls where Nul gar
wealth entertained and ilat!ered genus,
here the libraries Of charrcd and black
cned papyr scrolls, from which the
master assumed to cultivate love OF
Greek literature; here the cabinets OF
ocns. intanlioa and cameo, that formed the
nriIe of the rich mans ambition here
the spot where the skeleton arm was
found hearing still upon the whlted bone
the golden circlet with the name Julil'
false charm that endured Row many
hundred wears after the decay oi nature : .
here the lo0r-pOsts at which Dlomed was
transtixcd in IL preserve OF ashes anu
steam IA sample and II text to posterlty.
Come then to the house OF the tragic
poet. sancti.ied by the pure alteration of
the Thessalinn slave-girl, who loved her
master for the charms her slghtiess eyes
could not behold; ah l can see her now.
sitting in The shadow of those broken
columns. weaving garland to crown her
| god, and singing away his hours OF ennm
and her own heart fancy | hear the
echo of their mutual prayer to their pagan
deities for one CLEAN of light to break
through the closed windows of her soul,-
her PRAYER that she might gaze upon the
radiance of her king his, that she might
see the beauty of his lone. Oh! what a
satirist is Love,
Come to the wine shops, where the
counters are groined and dented by the
arms of loungers, wlerc the great casks
still stand as if the proprietor had lust
| s.epncd out to discuss the new prntor-
ship with n neighboring politician. Come
to the shrine of the Cyprian goddess,
where Won find curious inscriptions on the
walls which could not read, and peculiar
| cmbiems ol beacons Of trade which l could
decipher If these people were lewd and
their art wanton, remember they were
only in the embryo OF civilization.
THE AMPrrHEATRE.
Artcl visiting the town theatre, neat,
modcrate-sizrd playhouse, where the
tragedies of Euripides, Sophocles,
! Hschylus Won the applause OF listening
crowds, wctrudged over the dusty country
paths out to the anphithcatre where the
| gIadiatorial sports were enacted, an edi-
flee not only fortlie accommodation OF the
! Pompeian commonwealth, but for such
voluptuarics as should come from Naples
and the nei9hboring towns at the time oi
the grand rageants. The noble patrons
drove into the theatre in their chauotS,
and entered their boxes by concealed
passage extending about the arena Ill an
/ irregular circle. The interior arrange
ment is much like the Coliseum Of Rome,
and not unlike TIE theatres of our day,
tiers If stalls and galleries being the
chief features. Here, perched upon
some cruel emperor's box, with the
memories If wild beasts tearing, limb
from limb. carly Christians, and lapplnG
the human blood from off their neither
law. while the audiences turned then
thumbs for death, with Castellamarc
across the bay burning me to blindness
with the sparkle of its silver and lewclled
heights, | drank the fiery blood OF
Eesuvius,-a franc and half bottle,
from an adjacent vineyard, drank to tn,
pagan deitics. that have left us such .
sweet legacy of hallowin@ sublimities and
beruiling rornauces 10 the Greek dra-
matists and scuipturs for the bcnctactior
Of their literature and art, nnd to tht
flaming scourge waving his graceful
plume over the complete demolition o
the city ot sin and debauchery.
In the Museum Borbonico pertec'
feast cf inscriptions, whole quarters o
walls. with the frrscoes preserved, taker
from the exhumed city, and mosalcs
statuary, paintings, gems, antiquities
and papyri is spread for the antiquaria''s
OF the Pompeian frescoes we note stron;
colors. tine lines, and considerable grace
of treatment
The one valuable text Of this wonder
full sermon of Pompeii is and infidcls wh'
doubt the wonders that the miracles OF TIN
Scriptures, and others who laugh Il
Rob;Daoa Crusoc, and PHgrimS Pro
grexs, and IraLju. -Nights, will find tn
romance of reality and the fiction of fac
in this uncarthed city.