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The fire, the storm, the earthquake, had gone by; but there was yet left the still, small voice
火災、暴雨和地震也拿它無可奈何。然而，還有一個微弱的聲音
like that at which the prophet "wrapped his face in his mantle."
就像先知“用它他的斗篷蒙住他的臉”。
I went to see the Colosseum by moonlight. It is the monarch, the majesty of all ruins; there is nothing like it.
在月光下我去拜謁角斗場。在所有遺跡中它是帝王，具有君臨天下的氣度。世界上沒有哪個遺跡能與它相比。
All the associations of the place, too, give it the most impressive character.
所有與這個地方有關的聯想，都賦予其給人印象最深刻的特征。
When you enter within this stupendous circle of ruinous walls and arches, and grand terraces of masonry, rising one above another,
當你走進這個由殘毀的墻和拱門圍成的巨大的圓形廣場時，磚瓦鋪成的宏偉臺地一級高過一級，
you stand upon the arena of the old gladiatorial combats and Christian martyrdom;
你站在這個古老的角斗士角斗和基督徒殉道的地方；
and as you lift your eyes to the vast amphitheater, you meet, in imagination,
隨著你舉目眺望這個巨大的圓形劇場，在想象中
the eyes of a hundred thousand Romans, assembled to witness these bloody spectacles.
你會與聚在一起觀看這血腥的角斗場景的成千上萬羅馬人四目相對。
What a multitude and mighty array of human beings; and how little do we know in modern times of great assemblies!
這么多的人和隊列啊，而現代社會我們所知的大集會相形之下顯得多么小啊！
One, two, and three, and, at its last enlargement by Constantine, more than three hundred thousand persons could be seated in the Circus Maximus!
一，二，三，最后由康斯坦丁執政時達到最大，超過三十萬人坐在馬西莫斯環形廣場！
