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“Tum Africanus . . Si tibi parva (ut est) ita videtur, hæc
cœlestia semper spectato
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The Dream of Scipio.
Thus Roman conquerors could climb
Above the things of earth and time,
Forgetting human hopes and fears
Amid the music of the spheres:—
Above the things of earth and time,
Forgetting human hopes and fears
Amid the music of the spheres:—
Advancing into converse high
Of goodness, truth, and piety,
And of a place to spirits given
In Plato's tranquil seats of heaven.
Of goodness, truth, and piety,
And of a place to spirits given
In Plato's tranquil seats of heaven.
“If earth, the abode of mankind, now appears to thee so small, as indeed it is, ever look thou to these heavenly things.”
“Not many mighty, not many noble are called.”
1 Cor i. 26
How is it now the worldly great,
Men of renown and high estate,
Turn from the soul-ennobling theme
Of which e'en heathens loved to dream?
Men of renown and high estate,
Turn from the soul-ennobling theme
Of which e'en heathens loved to dream?
Is it that truth appears so mean
Where Christ the only door is seen?
Or that we to the dregs descend
As the world verges to its end?
Where Christ the only door is seen?
Or that we to the dregs descend
As the world verges to its end?
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