NOTES TO CANTO IV. Note 1, page 39, line 7. A dome, its image, etc. The cupola of Saint Peter's. Note 2, page 39, line 17. His chisel bid the Hebrew, etc. The statue of Moses on the monument of Julius II. SONNETTO DI GIOVANNI BATTISTA ZAPPI. Chi è costui, che in dura pietra scolto, Siede gigante; e le più illustre, e conte Quest' è Mosè; ben me'l diceva il folto Onor del mento, e'l doppio raggio in fronte, Tal era allor, che le sonanti, e vaste Acque ei sospese a sè d' intorno, e tale Note 3, page 39, line 20. Over the damn'd before the judgment throne, etc. The Last Judgment in the Sistine chapel. Note 4, page 39, line 23. The stream of his great thoughts shall spring from me, etc. I have read somewhere (if I do not err, for I cannot recollect where) that Dante was so great a favourite of Michel Angiolo's, that he had designed the whole of the Divina Commedia; but that the volume containing these studies was lost by sea. Note 5, page 40, line 11. Her charms to pontiffs proud, who but employ, etc. See the treatment of Michel Angiolo by Julius II, and his neglect by Leo X. Note 6, page 42, line 1. "What have I done to thee, my people?» « E scrisse più volte non solamente a particulari cittadin del reggimento, ma ancora al popolo, e intra l' altre un epistola assai lunga che ㄧˊ comincia: Popule mi, quid feci tibi?”» Vita di Dante scritta da Lionardo Aretino. THE AGE OF BRONZE. I. THE "good old times»-all times when old are goodthe present might be if they would; Are gone; Great things have been, and are, and greater still A wider space, a greener field is given To those who play their « tricks before high heaven. » I know not if the angels weep, but men Have wept enough-for what?—to weep again. All is exploded-be it good or bad. Reader! remember when thou wert a lad, |