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"'Hagiopolis !" exclaimed a Greek in the van chap. 
of our cavalcade ; and instantly throwing him- ^ ' 
self from his horse, was seen upon his knees, ihTuoh; " 
bare-headed, facing the prospect he surveyed. ^"•^* 
Suddenly the sight burst upon us all'. The 
effect produced was that of total silence through- 
out the whole company. Many of our party, 
by an immediate impulse, took off their hats, as 
if entering a church, without being sensible of 
so doing. The Greeks and Catholics shed tor- 
rents of tears ; and presently beginning to cross 
themselves, with unfeigned devotion, asked if 
they might be permitted to take off the covering 
from their feet, and proceed, barefooted, to the 
Holy Sepulchre. We had not been prepared for 
the grandeur of the spectacle which the city 
alone exhibited. Instead of a wretched and 
rained town, by some described as the desolated 
remnant of Jerusalem, we beheld, as it were. 
(2) We are reminded of one of the most spirited stanzas in Tasso, on 
the Best sight of Jerusalem : 
"All ha ciascuno al core, ed ali al piede: 
N^ del suii ratto andar perh s'accor^e. 
Ma quatido il sol gli aridi campi fiede 
Con ra^gj assai ferventi, e in alto sorge, 
Ecco apparir Gerusalem si vede ! 
Ecco additar Gerusalem si scorge '. 
Ecco da mille voci unitamente 
Gerusalemme salutar si sente!" G, L- Cant. 3. 
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