In other places, as you may remember, he gives it the appellation of "Ausonia."
Now as to the singularity of the circumstance, supposing it were otherwise, to what does it amount but this: that when Italian power extended over the countries of Europe, Italian names were given them; that as this power declined, these names as naturally fell into disuse; and the different nations, actuated severally by a spirit of independence or of caprice, recurred to their own or foreign tongues for the designation of their territory. While at Rome itself, which, though often suffering from the calamities of war, still retained a considerable share of influence, the inhabitants adhered to their native dialect, and the same city which had been the birth-place and cradle of the infant language was permitted to become its sanctuary at last.
Y.M.
SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.
ELISE.
(By L.E.L.)
O Let me love her! she has past
Into my inmost heart—