. Zigzag journeys in northwest lands. The Rhine to the Arctic . ed when we beheld it! It is the most beautiful lake thatGermany possesses. It is walled by snow-capped mountains, whosetops seem like islands in the blue lakes of the skies. Quaint townsare nestled among the groves of the shore; towers, with bells ringingsoft and melodious in the still air. The water is like emerald. Afar,zigzagging sails flap mechanically in the almost pulseless air. There is color everywhere, of all hues: high, rich tones of color; low tones,groves ; a deepcerulean skyabove, that thesunlight fillslike a goldense
. Zigzag journeys in northwest lands. The Rhine to the Arctic . ed when we beheld it! It is the most beautiful lake thatGermany possesses. It is walled by snow-capped mountains, whosetops seem like islands in the blue lakes of the skies. Quaint townsare nestled among the groves of the shore; towers, with bells ringingsoft and melodious in the still air. The water is like emerald. Afar,zigzagging sails flap mechanically in the almost pulseless air. There is color everywhere, of all hues: high, rich tones of color; low tones,groves ; a deepcerulean skyabove, that thesunlight fillslike a goldensea. At sunsetthe lake seemsindeed like thevision that Johnsaw, — a sea ofglass, mingledwith fire. The townof Constance,once a great city,is as old as theperiod of Con-stantine. WhenCharlemagnewent to Rometo receive theimperial crown,he rested a long lineof Germankings left theassociations ofgreat festivities;here those kino;spassed theirChristmases and Easters. THE SECOND MEETING OF THE CLUB. yy Piles of gems on the mountains, gloomy shadows in the.
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