...ruins, the oft-repeated prophecy will be remembered,— " While stands the Coliseum, Rome shall stand ; When falls the Coliseum, Rome shall fall ; And when Rome falls, the world." This vast pile, in its decaying grandeur, is an illustration of the present condition of Rome ; and...

...this spot — 'tis on their dust ye tread. CXLv. " While stands the Coliseum, Rome shall stand ; (') " When falls the Coliseum, Rome shall fall ; " And when Rome falls — the World." From our own lanJ Thus spake the pilgrims o'er this mighty wall In Saxon times, which we are wont to call Ancient...

...is professed. The ancient Romans said of their city, " While stands the Coliseum Rome shall stand, When falls the Coliseum Rome shall fall, And when Rome falls, the world." And the Budhists of other lands have a similar supposition relative to the Budhism of Ceylon. They...

...well expressed by what Byron says of the Coliseum: " While stands the Coliseum, Rome shall stand ! When falls the Coliseum, Rome shall fall ; And when Rome falls— the world."— Childe Harold, c. iv. With which compare Gibbon's Decline, ch. 71, n. 62. And the issue ha» more than...

...spot— 'tis on their duet ye torrad. CXLV. " While stands the Coliseum, Rome shall stand ; ' "When fulls the Coliseum, Rome shall fall ; " And when Rome falls— the World." From out own land Thus spake the pilgrims o'er this mighty wall In Saxon times, which we are wont to call...

...cadet Roma: quando cadet Roma, cadet et mundus:"' — " While stands the Coliseum, Rome shall stand, When falls the Coliseum, Rome shall fall, And when Rome falls, — the world."" Are we not justified in believing that our National Church is the Coliseum of England (happily less...

...indestructible, and proudly proclaimed the prophecy — ' While stands the Coliseum, Rome shall stand ; When falls the Coliseum, Rome shall fall ; And when Rome falls, the world.' Whilst actively engaged in the erection of this magnificent monument, which divides the admiration...

...well-known saying, preserved to us by the Venerable Bede: 'While stands the Coliseum, Rome shall ' stand ; when falls the Coliseum, Rome shall fall ; and when ' Rome falls, the world.' Doubtless there was no want of ciceroni, who would guide the pilgrims from church to church aud from...

...have trod this spot — *t is on their dust ye tread. "While stands the Coliseum, Rome shall stand; When falls the Coliseum, Rome shall fall; And when...three mortal things are still On their foundations. Child« Harold. Domitian constructed the beautiful arch commemorative of the destruction of Jerusalem...

...Roma, cadet et mundus." Thus Englished by Byron : — " While stands the Coliseum, Rome shall stand I When falls the Coliseum, Rome shall fall ! And when Rome falls — the world !" From this time forward exposed to tumult, battle, and changes of ownership, now occupied as a fortress by...