




                                 CALLISTA

                       A TALE OF THE THIRD CENTURY





                                CALLISTA

                      A TALE OF THE THIRD CENTURY


                                   BY

                        JOHN HENRY CARDINAL NEWMAN


            "Love thy God, and love Him only,
            And thy breast will ne'er be lonely.
            In that One Great Spirit meet
            All things mighty, grave, and sweet.
            Vainly strives the soul to mingle
            With a being of our kind;
            Vainly hearts with hearts are twined:
            For the deepest still is single.
            An impalpable resistance
            Holds like natures still at distance.
            Mortal: love that Holy One,
              Or dwell for aye alone."
                          DE VERE


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                                   _To_

                       _HENRY WILLIAM WILBERFORCE._

_To you alone, who have known me so long, and who love me so well, could I
venture to offer a trifle like this. But you will recognise the author in
his work, and take pleasure in the recognition._

                                                                _J. H. N._





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It is hardly necessary to say that the following Tale is a simple fiction
from beginning to end. It has little in it of actual history, and not much
claim to antiquarian research; yet