The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-05-14

t.c u:Itt; Iii4Uvilce OF the sun. eS-
! .~.:, III the spring, is also an exclt-
ing cause Of illness, and this explains
the care'xith which all natives avoid
the sunny side Of the street; it is a
proverb that none but EngliShmen
: and dogs walk in the sunshine at
Rome. There is something ironic IN
the thought that the greatest dang
ers lurk in the very things which
most attract all visitors who are low
erS Of the beautiful-the churches
and museums, which are the finest
in the world. and the glorious Italian
sunshine, praised by poets. Even TOR
those who realize their peril, the
temptation to run "risks' IS often
overpowering; the picture galleries
are 50 marvellous, and the mellow,
golden sunlight is so delicious. OF
late years all the first class guide
! books. securing the collaboration OF
eminent physicians, have devoted
many pages to the Roman climate,
and while insisting with apparent
truth that it is not elementally un-
healthy, warn strangers IN most SOL
emn language against the imprudenc-
es which have cost so many lives IN
the past, and the wide dissemination
of the exact facts has now reduced
to a minimum the number Of annual
fatalities. If the peculiarities Of the
climate render imperative so many
precautions on the part Of the hale
and robust visitors, one can we'll lm-
agine their danger for the invalid. al
ready weakened by disease, who seeks
refuge here from the colder but less
debilitating North, attracted by the
too much lauded ''balmy air. Of
Southern Italy, and these facts may
explain why the Protestant cemetery
at Rome is peculiarly consecrated TO
the Young and to those who have died
untimely' deaths.
What spot in the wide world could
be more fitting resting place than
this for the ashes Of Percy BISShe
Shelley and John Keats. the two
poets who died in the. flower of Youth,
and whose short lives were the sad
dest in English iteratureo Where
else on earth would the words inscrlb-
ed upon the latter's headstone seem
so in keeping with the melancholy en-
vironment2
"This grave contains all that was
mortal Of a young English poet, who,
on his death-bed, in the bitterness OF
his heart at the malicious power OF
his enemies, desired these words to
be craven on mis- tombstone: Here
lies one whose name was writ in
water -
Shelley's tomb is in the upper part
Of the new burial ground, under the
Aureian wall, with this inscription,
"Percy Bysshe Shelley. Cor Cor
dunn. Natus " Aug. MDCCXCll.
Obiit VIII Jul. MDCCCXXII.
"Nothing Of him that doth fade,
But de- suffer a sea change,
Into something rich and strange"
The expression Heart Of Hearts
is an allusion to the story that when
his body was burnt on the shores OF
the gulf of Spezia, the heart was the
only portion that the fire did not con-
sumo.
In literature the two young poets
rank side by side among the immor-
tails: their fame is equal; but here be-
meath the pine trees where their NOR
tai remains are laid, I noticed, on the
day I chanced to visit the spot, that,
as if in fulfilment of the prophetic
epitaphs, Shelley's grave was hidden
beneath violets and roses, while that
! Of Keats was barren and neglected.
Augusta Chronicle.
Rome, Italy, April 19O9.-Last Oc-
tober. while prowling around the Lat
in Quarter bv night. with a young