42 MR. BALL^S PICTURE OF THE CRUCIFIXION. 



The engraving gives an accurate perspective view of 

 the exterior, which is of noble height and fine propor- 

 tions, decorated with appropriate emblems, and sur- 

 mounted by a statue of the present king. From the 

 internal side of the arch extend two fine colonnades of 

 the simplest doric, forming a propylaeum worthy of the 

 vast establishment to which it leads. The workman- 

 ship is, throi^ghout, of the most finished quality, and, 

 as an instance of the extreme nicety to which granite 

 may be wrought, the sculptured cables and anchors on 

 each pier may be strongly recommended to notice. 



G. W. 



*** ^® ^6 indebted to the kindness of a young and promising 

 artist, Mr. N. M. Condy, jun., for the drawing from which our en- 

 graving was copied, and which he had the goodness to execute 

 expressly for the Museum. 



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ON SEEING MR. BALL^S PICTURE OF THE 

 CRUCIFIXION. 



Whence is this eloquence ? doth canvass feel, 



And tell its deep emotion to the crowd ? 

 Can it the mystery sublime reveal 



To melt the obdurate — abase the proud ? 

 Anguish is here — how bitter — how profound — 



And faith with earnest elevated eye — 

 Love clings desponding to the hallowed ground — 



Devotion turns its weeping gaze on high, 



And, as it worships, owns how sanctified each sigh. 

 Unspotted victim ! crucified with thee — 



Their life — their hope — their happiness is there : 

 With troubled eye, their sorrow dost thou see — 



Forgetting every pang in their despair ! 

 Malice could hurl at thee no dart so keen, 



As that which pierced thy bosom at the sight ; 

 When those who loved thee, frighted at the scene 



That wrapped their cherished hopes in sudden night. 



Lingered to see expire the Day-spring of their light ! 

 How meek that visage ! yet how clear exprest ! 



Deep conflict in each mild forgiving line ! 



