Perhaps Alexander Pope's "The Temple of Fame" may be of interest (which is based, in turn, on Chaucer's "House of Fame"). Consider, for example, lines 21 ff.:
O'er the wide prospect as I gaz'd around, Sudden I heard a wild promiscuous sound, Like broken thunders that at a distance roar, Or billows murm'ring on the hollow shore: Then gazing up, a glorious pile beheld, Whose tow'ring summit ambient clouds conceal'd. High on a rock of ice the structure lay, Steep its ascent, and slipp'ry was the way; The wond'rous rock like Parian marble shone, And seem'd, to distant sight, of solid stone. Inscriptions here of various names I view'd etc. etc. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- To leave the Mantovano mailing list at any time, do NOT hit reply. Instead, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message "unsubscribe mantovano" in the body (omitting the quotation marks). You can also unsubscribe at http://virgil.org/mantovano/mantovano.htm#unsub
