VII.
“Viâ Lavicanâ ad Fanum Quietis
.”
Liv., b. iv. ch. 41.
Rest had no place amid that throng,
Where multitudinous rise
Rome's stately temples, which belong
To evil deities.
Her Temple is without the gate,
Beyond the Esquiline;
No Rest but is beyond the state
Wherein the dead recline.
“Come unto Me, all ye that travail and are heavy laden;
and I will give you rest.”
S. Matt. xi. 28.
Many the gold-paved streets Divine
By meek obedience trod,
But Rest is as the inmost shrine
In city of our God.
Within—within—yea, further still
By energy of woes,
By prayers, and alms, and bearing ill
We find in Christ repose.
