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...monuments of Roman days, gray towers of Gothic times, abandoned habitations of modern years, alone meet the eye. No trace of man appeared, except in the lonely...see the once beautiful Campagna di Roma abandoned to the wild luxuriance of nature, and covered only with the defaced tombs of her tyrants, and the scarce...

...usually mark the approach to a populous city, were to be seen. All was ruin : fallen monuments of Roman days — grey towers of Gothic times — abandoned...desert of her own creation — a desert which accords too well with her former greatness and her present decay. It may perhaps be soothing to the contemplation...

...appeared, except in the lonely tomb, which told us he had been. Rome herself was all that we beheld. Sbe stood alone in the wilderness as in the world, surrounded by a desert of her own creation. It may perhaps be soothing to the contemplation of the traveller, or the fancy of the poet, to see...