DARKNESS AND DAWN
OR
SCENES IN THE DAYS OF NERO
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Darkness and Dawn
OR
SCENES IN THE DAYS OF NERO
An Historic Tale
BY
FREDERIC W. FARRAR, D.D., F.R.S.
ARCHDEACON AND CANON OF WESTMINSTER, AUTHOR OF “THE LIFE OF CHRIST,” ETC., ETC.
NEW YORK
LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.
LONDON AND BOMBAY
1897
By F. W. Farrar
First Edition, September, 1891. Reprinted December, 1891; January and April, 1892; January and September, 1893; February, 1895; May, 1896.
University Press:
John Wilson and Son, Cambridge.
VXORI
DILECTISSIMAE
LIBERORVM PIENTISSIMAE MATRI
LABORUM OMNIUM ET CURARUM PARTICIPI FIDELISSIMAE
HVNC LIBRVM
D. D. D.
FREDERICVS GVILIELMVS FARRAR
Dolce color d’oriental zaffiro,
Che s’accoglieva nel sereno aspetto
Dell’aer puro infino al primo giro,
Agli occhi miei ricomincio diletto,
Tosto ch’io usci fuor dell’aura morta,
Che m’avea contristato gli occhi e’l petto.
Dante, Purgatorio, I. 13-18.
The orient sapphire’s hue of sweetest tone,
Which gathered in the aspect calm and bright
Of that pure air as far as heaven’s first zone,
Now to mine eyes brought back the old delight
Soon as I passed forth from the dead dank air
Which eyes and heart had veiled with saddest night.
Plumptre.