. Earthwork out of Tuscany : being impressions and translations of Maurice Hewlett. fascinationto observe. It is believed of them inthe hill-country round about Perugia andin the qineter parts of Tuscany, that they xviii Advertisement are still -present^ tolerated of God byreason of their origin (which is, indeed,that of the very soil whose eminencethey are), chastened, circumscribed and,as it were, combed or -pared of evildesire and import. To them or theiravatars (// matters little which) the rudepeople still bow down; they still humourthem with gifts of flowers, songs, or artlesscustoms (as
. Earthwork out of Tuscany : being impressions and translations of Maurice Hewlett. fascinationto observe. It is believed of them inthe hill-country round about Perugia andin the qineter parts of Tuscany, that they xviii Advertisement are still -present^ tolerated of God byreason of their origin (which is, indeed,that of the very soil whose eminencethey are), chastened, circumscribed and,as it were, combed or -pared of evildesire and import. To them or theiravatars (// matters little which) the rudepeople still bow down; they still humourthem with gifts of flowers, songs, or artlesscustoms (as of May-day, or the Giorno deGrilli) ; you may still see wayside shrines,votive tablets, humble offerings, set in afarm-wall or country hedge, starry andfresh as a patch of yellow flowers in a rye-field. If you say that they have made godsin their own image, you do not convincethem of Sin, for they do as their you say their gods are earthy, they replyby asking, ■■What then are we? Forthey will admit, and you cannot deny,earthiness to have at least a part in all of. Advertisement xix us. And you are forbidden to call thisunhappy^ since God made all. Out of thedrenched earth whence these worshippersarose., they made their rough-cast gods ; outof the same earth they still mould images tospeak the presentment of them which theyhave. Out of that earth., /, a northernimage-maker., have set up my conceits oftheir informing spirits., of the spirits ofthemselves., their soil., atid the fair worksthey have accomplished. So I have calledthis book Earthwork out of habet aures ad audiendum audiat, London, 1895. PROEM Apologia pro Ilbello siio : in a letter to afriend Although you know your Italy well, you ask me,who see her now for the first time, to tell you howI find her; how she sinks into me; wherein she ful-fils, and wherein fails to fulfil, certain dreams andfancies of mine (old amusements of yours) abouther. Here, truly, you show yourself the diligentcollec
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