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Ch. IL THROUGH ITALY. 39
quently on this spot than elsewhere, as Anins
Gellius imagines; or whether, as Varro asserts,
the ood himself takes his title from the first ef-
o
forts of the infant voice at articulation, over
which it seems he presided, is a matter of little
importance; from which we pass to the recollec-
tionof the pleasing imagery of Horace, so well
known to our early years:
~--Ut paterni
Fluminis ripae, simul et jocosa
Redderet laudes tibi Vaticani
'Montis imago.
Od. xx. lib. i.
But I know not whether these sportive ideas
have not, in the minds of most of my readers,
given way to impressions less pleasing; and whe-
ther the accents of the echo have not been
drowned in the thunders of the Vatican, that
have rolled through, so many ages, and resounded
so long and so tremendously in every English
ear. But be that as it may, the Vatican has
long ceased to be the forge of spiritual light-
nings, the grand arsenal of ecclesiastical wea-
pons,
Sacri armamentaria coeli,”
and ages have now elapsed since the roar of its
thunders has disturbed the repose of the uni-
quently on this spot than elsewhere, as Anins
Gellius imagines; or whether, as Varro asserts,
the ood himself takes his title from the first ef-
o
forts of the infant voice at articulation, over
which it seems he presided, is a matter of little
importance; from which we pass to the recollec-
tionof the pleasing imagery of Horace, so well
known to our early years:
~--Ut paterni
Fluminis ripae, simul et jocosa
Redderet laudes tibi Vaticani
'Montis imago.
Od. xx. lib. i.
But I know not whether these sportive ideas
have not, in the minds of most of my readers,
given way to impressions less pleasing; and whe-
ther the accents of the echo have not been
drowned in the thunders of the Vatican, that
have rolled through, so many ages, and resounded
so long and so tremendously in every English
ear. But be that as it may, the Vatican has
long ceased to be the forge of spiritual light-
nings, the grand arsenal of ecclesiastical wea-
pons,
Sacri armamentaria coeli,”
and ages have now elapsed since the roar of its
thunders has disturbed the repose of the uni-