"Good God! I'd rather be
A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn;
So might I, standing on this pleasant lea,
Have glimpses that would make me less forlorn;
Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea,
Or hear old Triton blow his wreathéd horn."
Chapter VIII.
The Religion of Rome.
- § 1. [Origin and essential Character of the Religion of Rome.]
- § 2. [The Gods of Rome.]
- § 3. [Worship and Ritual.]
- § 4. [The Decay of the Roman Religion.]
- § 5. [Relation of the Roman Religion to Christianity.]