There is a tongue in every flame --
There is a tongue in every wave --
To these the bounteous Godhead gave
These organs but to praise his name!
O mighty Lord of boundless space,
Here canst thou be both sought and found --
For here in everything around,
Thy presence and thy power I trace.
With Faith my guide and my defence,
I burn to serve in love and fear;
If as a slave, Oh, leave me here!
If not, O Lord, remove me hence!"
The "Athenaeum", Oct. 26, 1853.
ACT THE THIRD.
SCENE X.
The account of St. Patrick's Purgatory given by Luis Enius in this
long narrative is taken immediately from the seventh, eighth, and
ninth chapters of Montalvan's "Vida y Purgatorio de San Patricio",
which, as already stated, are themselves a translation from the
"Florilegium Insulae Sanctorum" of Messingham. The following
extracts are taken from the tract referred to in the Introduction,
the full title of which is as follows:--
"A BRIEF HISTORY OF SAINT PATRICK'S PURGATORY, AND ITS PILGRIMAGE.
Collected out of Ancient Historians. Written in Latin by the
Reverend MR. THOMAS MESSINGHAM, formerly Superior of the Irish
Seminary in Paris. [Paris, 1624.]
"And now made English in favour of those who are curious to know the
Particulars of that Famous Place and Pilgrimage so much celebrated by
Antiquity.
"Printed at Paris, 1718.
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