Flag of the free heart's hope and home, By angel hands to valor given, Thy stars have lit the welkin dome, And all thy hues were born in heaven.

His mausoleum formed a hemispherical dome, and all the stars of the sky were painted on its interior.

Pealing grandly, awfully upward through the star-lit spaces of a grander temple than ever was reared by human hands, it rolled heavenward, on and on, and higher and higher, to the very dome of the firmament.

In the fall the leafy walls were more brilliant than the flowery sward, and they now rose toward the azure dome, gorgeously hung with bronzed and golden vines, blossoming here and there with vivid scarlet leaves.

A gusty wind was driving wild clouds across the stars, and tall cloud mountains rose on the north covering the great comet; but higher in the dark blue dome of the firmament the Hunter's Moon swung full and free, casting its wonderful crystalline light over the darkened earth.

There was no moon, but the stars were shining in the dark dome of the universe.

The cork covering the carbons forms a dome.

Near the prison is St. Peter's Church crowned by a dome and built by convict labour.

The inside of the dome and the vaulted ceilings of the chapels, are of blue, with golden stars; the pavement in the centre is so precious a work that it is kept covered with boards and only shown once a year.

Two black-robed boys led the way; after climbing an infinite number of steps, we reached the gallery around the foot of the dome.

Continuing our ascent, we mounted between the inside and outside shells of the dome.

The lofty burst of the organ, that seemed like the pantings of a monster, boomed echoing away through dome and nave, with a chiming, metallic vibration, that shook the massive pillars which it would defy an earthquake to rend.

In the evening the dome of the Cathedral was illuminated, and the lines of cupola, lantern, and cross were traced in flame on the dark sky, like a crown of burning stars dropped from Heaven on the holy pile.

I went in and walked down the aisle, listening for awhile to the grand choral, while the clustered tapers under the dome quivered and trembled, as if shaken by the waves of music which burst continually within its lofty concave.

Perhaps eighteen miles distant rose the dome of St. Peter's, near the horizona small spot on the vast plain.

There was only one dome in sight, large and of beautiful proportions.

On looking again, however, I saw the top of a massive range of building near it, which corresponded so nearly with the pictures of the Vatican, that I was unwillingly forced to believe the mighty dome was really before me.

Going directly down the Borgo Vecchio, towards it, it seemed a long time before we arrived at the square of St. Peter's; when at length we stood in front with the majestic colonnade sweeping aroundthe fountains on each side sending up their showers of silvery spraythe mighty obelisk of Egyptian granite piercing the skyand beyond, the great front and dome of the Cathedral, I confessed my unmingled admiration.

Near the dome is a bronze statue of St. Peter, which seems to have a peculiar atmosphere of sanctity.

A nearer approach revealed a large flat dome, and some ranges of tall buildings near the river.

At last the fog grew thicker; the road was carried over the tops of houses; the familiar dome of St. Paul's stood out above the spires; and I was again in London!

The service, read by a drowsy clerk, was long and monotonous; I sat in a side-aisle, looking up at the dome, and listening to the rain which dashed in torrents against the windowpanes.

Through the opening in the dome, over the lake I can see the stars shining.

At the head of the rising highway shone a gilded dome, a sort of crown for the city.

The little man was waiting with expectant smile under a dome of sheltered lights in the dining-hall.