The Athenaeum, 1881, Part I John Francis (publisher) 1 The Athenaeum John Francis E. J. Francis & Co. London 1881 January - 1881 June 1881, Part I Alderman Library, University of Virginia AP4.A85 3 Commentary
Introduction

DGR's work appeared in issue number 2775 in this volume.

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Page containing “For the <xref doc="a.op107.rap">Holy Family</xref> by Michelangelo (in the National Gallery)” is formatted in three columns. ----------------------------- ----------------------------- ‘<hi rend="c">THE HOLY FAMILY.</hi>’*<lb/>(By Michael Angelo, in the National Gallery.) Turn not the prophet's page, O Son! He knew All that thou hast to suffer, and hath writ. Not yet thine hour of knowledge. Infinite The sorrows that thy manhood's years must rue And dire acquaintance of thy grief. That clue The spirits of thy mournful ministerings Seek through yon scroll in silence. For these things The angels have desired to look into. Still before Eden waves the fiery sword,— Her Tree of Life unransomed; whose sad Tree Of Knowledge yet to growth of Calvary Must yield its Tempter,—Hell the earliest dead Of Earth resign,—and yet, O Son and Lord, The Seed o' the woman bruise the serpent's head. Dante G. Rossetti. --------------- --------------- ------------------------------------------------

* In this <xref doc="a.op107.rap">picture</xref> the Virgin Mother is seen withholding from the Child-Saviour the prophetic book in which his sufferings are foretold. Angelic figures behind examine a scroll.