Parthenope’s Domain—Virgilian haunt, 265

Illustrated with never-dying verse,[95]

And, by the Poet’s laurel-shaded tomb,[96]

Age after age to Pilgrims from all lands

Endeared.

And who—if not a man as cold

In heart as dull in brain—while pacing ground 270

Chosen by Rome’s legendary Bards, high minds

Out of her early struggles well inspired

To localize heroic acts—could look