This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1866 Excerpt: ... gratia Rex; Both persecutors; that, to tigers threw; With slow fire, this, or ax and headsman, slew: Monsters alike, what matters it one jot, Which had the faith of Christ, and which had not? Casa Cartoni, Ai Cavalleggieri, Leghorn, April 8, 1861. THE HOUSE THAT ZEUS BUILT. Zeus built his house as well as he was able, ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1866 Excerpt: ... gratia Rex; Both persecutors; that, to tigers threw; With slow fire, this, or ax and headsman, slew: Monsters alike, what matters it one jot, Which had the faith of Christ, and which had not? Casa Cartoni, Ai Cavalleggieri, Leghorn, April 8, 1861. THE HOUSE THAT ZEUS BUILT. Zeus built his house as well as he was able, But, finding out soon it was far from stable, Sent for a mason, bade him take a prop And shore it up, too heavy at the top. The mason worked well, though he was a Jew, Shored up the house, and made it look like new. Such is the reason, I hear people say, The house that Zeus built to the present day Has lasted, and seems likely to last long, Though deuced unsteady when the wind blows strong. Casa Cartoni, Ai Cavallegoieri, Leghorn, April 8, 1861. INVOCATION OF THE RLESSED MATILDA OF EISLEBEN. "Rlasphemia blasphemiarum religio.' Avaunt! I know ye not, ye vulgar saints, Saint John the Evangelist, Matthew, Mark and Luke, And Mary Magdalen and John the Baptist, And all ye small fry of the calendar, Who, to sustain life, needed common air, And day and night spent decompounding gases, And made a chemist's workshop of your lungs, And come, blessed lady mother, of Eisleben, Matilda, come! suppose in me a Dante, And be my friend and guide and intercessor, Thou, who breath'dst not the atmosphere but drewest Out of God's heart thy breath, even as a bellows Opening and shutting draws into its void The kitchen air, and puffs into the fire. Hear, hear my prayer, Matilda! thou to whom The Lord so much told about Origen, Samson and Titus and wise Solomon. Of Origen the Lord said: --"Ask me not; That is a secret I will not divulge, Lest men presume again upon their genius." Of Samson said the Lord: --"What I have done With Samson's soul, I 'l...
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