"Valeria Sleeps In Peace."
TORONTO:
WILLIAM BRIGGS.
MONTREAL: C.W. COATES. HALIFAX: S.F. HUESTIS.
THE MARTYRS IN THE CATACOMBS.
BY CHARLES J. PETERSON.
They lie all around me, countless in their number,
Each martyr with his palm.
No torture now can rack them: safe they slumber,
Hushed in eternal calm!
I read the rude inscriptions, written weeping,