The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-07-22

A etudv or HIS Lntin verre-Ctcero, VerEn.
,ra CntuIius Hts Masters.

al Ia Ia ~
Rivarol, ne reiresnes n .,., % ar r,n.aa
and his cares IN tne a.oantion.
| An event. deatn' 10y . 80 - ,ar..
each ono Win nun saNee .no ..is -, tro,n
DAguesseau saiu 'nu' h'ah o,... 4, the
one care by taxing up ano'"si a. ii, tha
night when only MS 'amp 70 '.,n -. hi,,
Nh'ichn "neh nervous VII turn. bI.
captive IN ms chamoer' Lou
heart and his Thoughts 10 poe'sy. ,r,,.-
| MI Dana Oh ihh on ~ ~ -, o,ths
opportunity 10 npprcoiaUe'm ,n, ,'.s ,.orIa
Pope for classic poetry, .ne i.'.a s,ro nn-
WIN soon nave ,ne so'a ioi 'uho ,y,,I,a .,roit.
other volumo Oh Leonine 'ers" ".ne 49,.
| ing tnis treat iot US .aAo b'au'o ~ NV '
Nai cnreor Oh ms hoi'ness' ,
Leo AllL Is not ms one might "eI' i. So
the nrst or the only one IN 'he series VI ~
VINO mas aevoteo ms 'eisure 'inio W ~ has
| muse. In tnht' as In eveIy'hihk es1 nv 10
nau ms predecessors mo mos III,
tno rIoIeh'ine, oroon ,ril' m ,n,, ~.
VINO reignea rom ioxo 70 vs.. "s
literary man OF h,eh culture no a" -. SUI
,norouRh knoWieoEe Vi nieeN ma '" ~ 49, 49,
nun 'ne name Oh tue '.o Do' .",h
ionu Vi hu'lh VERSES anu no W. , n'' '
| eau,eo "na pro'ahe: ", "i"o's
| ,,,., L,. D.. -, tho
~, NJ n.' W." '"o -
ni'eeu'n uhu biH'eehtu ee"'uii0'' VI 'o
&'h'eh ''oh"'ooohSes aO ~ Wv
| OF Plus H.. Nicholas ". Eneas Sylvius. ana
| Parentuccelli. There Is room for a curious
study OF this Church literature from the Dies
TrD the chant Of the dead I'm which We know
not what obscure monk OF the Marches or OF
| Umb:ta. what Nicholas or Thomas do Foligno.
| has put all tho terrors OF the IN pace. down to
| tho prose Of the Holy Sacrament into which St
| Thomas Aquinas himself. with the riRor-
GUS and infalible certainty OF his theology.
l.. h.. H. S.k> -
| All these Popes and priests who have Rfvon
their poems to Christianity and have endeav-
| ored to soothe by letters tho sorrows OF the
Pontlfcate, or to display its grandeur. owe to
Plus IL. will not say the worship. but tho
Veneration and the love OF Vergil Some pieces
OF Eneas Sylvius might be signed By Gfoao-
chino PeccL They have the same discreet
and gentle manner OF seeing and rendering
the scenery OF middle Italy. the country OF
both OF them, the vast extent OF lands sown
with ruins, the chains Of mountains. and In the
background and all around. the verdure OF the
forests and the vivid reflections OF lakes. which
seem almost within reach.
This lamentation over tho fall Of tho Villa
Adriana, near Tivoli. 10 1t 400 years old. or
does 1t date from Yesterday
Hero time has mutila.sd everything. The walls,
which formerly were covered with colored hansings
aud draperies woven with threads of gold. are now
covered with mantle OF wild Ivy. Briers and thorns
sro~ upon Inc places Wneto iorme.S 'ne .tiouhea
msn. ,,.,- po.. +, ~. ana Ts.o
nsr,,h., ev.ry,binr unon thi. s.rtnn
~ ND ~ tne n.'9eutS uun.urS anu ID inc
y. s; 49,. ". ,,%., "u n, not nave
. .1nset uiaetep' Ane enouEhs
oo'onks " ope' ~ uoes 'he iorih' "no Inc
oonoi"'tvn ooais 'ae tapai s@@mp' ihus
paeoo' .no s'oty " 'nio WITH o'o "a''""
0'or.a ""na'' more than any other humanist.
pontill. anu poet Leo ALL resemoi flus IL
Tvs hot cer.ain ina. no mas no. IKE hlm'
ihaue piieri"aes 70 tne SHORES OF the Mlncio
W sa'ute inc mousse Oh Versu
4, .ne iearneu man VINO "rote tne pre'acs 10
inc ooine eaitlon' rather Enrioo vale OF the
oohpoI! VI 'eSus' S'FonRiy lhsists upon TINS
point. IL seems 70 US. ne says thst the
Ieo' cnarac'er oi hls hoiiness 10 precisely the
Nereii,an' anu tha'' TOO not only oy the method
VI ieaoihe MS PHRASES ~hlon peionRs rather
70 the seSie than 70 tho poetic temperament.
~. ~. s'.,i hoie w tne etanueur Oh ms eoncep-
IONS ,ne ehoice anu tne division OF MS IDEAS
anu 'ne elekan. ana oencate facility with
"n''h no ottass t"ein into '9ht ~ the Rentle.
Ioueeu.ia.ou. aau mo'emehe OF the
'eisn'"u poi.oo' Ns sS'oeh. mat ver9n
Is inc Ia'orte CLASSIC author OF Leo AilL.
ana inc sovereign master IN whose school ne
10 .faineu'
Ahothet OF Ms masters accordinR TO the
same authorty' 10 Catuiius: while the want
OF grace ana nnish OF oroan VIII betrays the
imi."tioh Oh seneca ana Oh etatiua However.
IN these suotie oistinctions ana IN this judy
ment OF PROFOUND eonnoisseur. there 10 Ger
fanny no nattery OF the rope In the admission
,hat MS poems are not wanting In grace and
IN hm.sll' tha' IL ID 'o"era IerGu that tnese
Quaities orine hih ana that ne reaily mas
grandeur III MS conceptions, great deal OF
oroer IN MS 'oeas' ereae facility OF expression.
ana harmony OF numpers ana movement
now iar we are mere from tho Latin verses
Oh our coNeees' pounded OUT painiully from
inc ihesaurus ny Stupid ana iastidlous toll.
peuantic exercise OF ulslocation and dull