[245] Matthew xxv, 43.
[246] Matthew xxv, 43.
[247] Revelation vi, 13.
[248] Jeremiah xi, 8.
[249] James iv, 14.
[250] Psalms xxxix, 6 and Revelation xiv, 11.
[251] Ecclesiastes ix, 10.
[252] Psalms civ, 4.
[253] Revelation i, 7.
[254] Daniel vii, 10.
[255] Dies Irae, the name generally given (from the opening words) to the most famous of the mediaeval hymns, usually ascribed to the Franciscan Thomas of Celano (died c. 1255). It is composed in triplets of rhyming trochaic tetrameters, and describes the Last Judgment in language of magnificent grandeur, passing into a plaintive plea for the souls of the dead.
[256] Acts v, 1, 2.
[257] Galatians v. 24.
[258] Isaiah lviii, 7.
[259] 2 Thessalonians iii, 10.
[260] Luke xviii, 11.
[261] 1 Corinthians xiii, 13.
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Editions. The standard edition of Ruskin
is that of Cook and
Wedderburn in
34 volumes. Most of his better-known works may
be had in cheap
and convenient forms.
The best lives are:
COLLINGWOOD, W.G. The Life and Work of John Ruskin
Houghton Mifflin
Company, 1893.
(2 vols.) The standard biography.
HARRISON, P. John Ruskin (English Men of Letters).
The Macmillan
Company, 1902.
A short and readable biography.