ATHENS. 373 
declining sun, casting its last rays upon the CHAP. 
distant summits of Peloponnesus, and tinging 
with parting glory the mountains of Argolis 
and Acham, gave a grand but mournful 
solemnity both to the natural and the moral 
prospect. It soon disappeared. Emblematical 
of the intellectual darkness now covering 
those once enlightened regions, night came 
on, shrouding every feature of the landscape 
with her dusky veil. 
