Volume 63: Lady Parker and Sir H. Watson Parker papers, 1829-1889: No. 139
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[Page 139]
(which we ascended) & the lovely Campo Santo. The Coliseum - Baths of Cacacellar - Mamertine prison - Vatican - Forum & St. Peters, & the churches of St. Agnese - St. Maria Maggiore - The Lateranx St. Paolo X The Scala Santa , & St. [indecipherable], where we were present at a Mass & Requiem in memory of Cardinal Wiseman. The singing of the mass at the [indecipherable] dei Monti, at Vespers, had an indescribably [indecipherable] effect upon me & I will long remember the exquisite harmony of their voices combined as it was with the rich tones of the [indecipherable]. You will no doubt have been struck, also, also, as we were with the marvellous & beautiful echo at the Baptistery at Pisa. The melody surpassed any thing of the kind which I had before heard. All these objects however, and many more, you must be perfectly familiar wit.
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