A gentle sound, an awful light!
Three angels bear the Holy Grail.
With folded feet, in stoles of white,
On sweeping wings they sail.”
177. Where is the “Devil’s Wall”?
This name is given by the inhabitants of the neighborhood to the old Roman wall separating England from Scotland, because they suppose that from the strength of the cement and the durability of the stone, the devil must have built it. The superstitious peasantry are said to be in the habit of gathering up the fragments of this wall to put in the foundation of their own tenements, to insure an equal solidity.
178. Who was the youngest President?
Ulysses S. Grant, who was not forty-seven years of age at the time of his inauguration.
179. Who was “Foul-weather Jack”?
Commander Byron (1723–1786) was so called by the men who sailed under him, in allusion to his ill-fortune at sea.