CXLVI.

Simple, erect, severe, austere, sublime--[514] Shrine of all saints and temple of all Gods, From Jove to Jesus--spared and blest by Time-- Looking tranquillity, while falls or nods Arch--empire--each thing round thee--and Man plods His way through thorns to ashes--glorious Dome! Shalt thou not last? Time's scythe and Tyrants' rods Shiver upon thee--sanctuary and home Of Art and Piety--Pantheon!--pride of Rome![pc]