The Last Days of Pompeii. By the Author of “Pelham” [i.e. Lord Lytton], Etc

ædile altars amidst answered Apæcides Arbaces arena arms Athenian beautiful beheld beneath blind girl breast breath brow Burbo Calenus Campania chamber charm Christian Clodius cried crowd dark death Diomed door Dost thou earth Egyptian Epicurus Eumolpus eyes face fear felt flowers Fulvia garden gaze gladiator Glaucus gloomy gods Greek hand hast thou hath heard heart heaven Herculaneum honour hour imagined Ione Isis Julia Lepidus light lips lone Lydon Medon mighty Nazarene never Niger night Nydia Olinthus once Pansa passion paused peristyle pleasure Pompeian Pompeii portico Prætor priest replied returned robes Roman Rome rose round sacred Sallust seat seemed sesterces sighed slave smile soft solemn Sosia soul stood Stratonice suddenly sweet tablinum temple thee thermæ Thessalian thine thing thou art thou hast thou wilt thought trembled uttered Vesuvius voice witch words young youth