DURING A SECOND VISIT TO THE VAUDOIS OF PIEMONT. "WITH AN INTRODUCTORY INQUIRY INTO THE ANTIQUITY AND PURITY OF THE WALDENSIAN CHURCH, AND SOME ACCOUNT OF THE COMPACTS WITH THE ANCIENT PRINCES OF PIEMONT, HOUSE OF SAVOY, IN VIRTUE OF WHICH THIS SOLE RELIC OF THE PRIMITIVE CHURCH IN ITALY HAS CONTINUED TO ASSERT ITS RELIGIOUS INDEPENDENCE. BY WILLIAM STEPHEN GILLY, M.A. PREBENDARY OF DURHAM. "Thou small, but favour'd spot of holy ground! "Where'er we gaze, above, around, below, "What rainbow tints, what magic charms are found! "Rock, river, forest, mountain, all abound: "And bluest skies that harmonize the whole. "Beneath, the distant torrent's rushing sound "Tells where the volumed cataract doth roll, "Between those hanging rocks, that shock, yet please the soul." LONDON: PRINTED FOR C. J. G. & F. RIVINGTON, ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD, AND WATERLOO-PLACE, PALL-MALL. |