Italy from the Alps to Mount Etna . Oi (HEUNiVERS>TV OF ILLINOIS THE EVER YOUNG PARTHENOPE. 375 and demigods, glimmer amidst the evergreens. Has old Hellas risen again from thedepths of the Mediterranean ? But no ;—the sound of the liveliest dialect in Italy, spoken by well-dressed men andwomen, wakens us out of our dream. The clash of military music sounds, silken robessweep and rustle between the flower-beds, dandies in fashionable Parisian costume twirl. GIPSY TINKERS IN NAPLES. their jaunty canes, flashing glances, and soft words fly hither and thither ; everything isbright and smiling,
Italy from the Alps to Mount Etna . Oi (HEUNiVERS>TV OF ILLINOIS THE EVER YOUNG PARTHENOPE. 375 and demigods, glimmer amidst the evergreens. Has old Hellas risen again from thedepths of the Mediterranean ? But no ;—the sound of the liveliest dialect in Italy, spoken by well-dressed men andwomen, wakens us out of our dream. The clash of military music sounds, silken robessweep and rustle between the flower-beds, dandies in fashionable Parisian costume twirl. GIPSY TINKERS IN NAPLES. their jaunty canes, flashing glances, and soft words fly hither and thither ; everything isbright and smiling,—the sea and sky themselves seem to be full of joy and Naples presses around us; its perfumed waves close above our heads, and wedive deep down in them enjoyingly. Who thinks of the gray old fortress-prisons, or of the blood-stained Mercato ?Who could compare these voluptuous images of pleasure on which the roses breathe theirperfume, with the statue of the youthful Hohenstaufen in the grim Carmelite church, halfhidden by choking clouds of priestly incense ? To breathe and live here, is to breatheairs of Paradise and to exist in the present alone. This garden by the shore, whichnature and art have combined to make one of the loveliest on earth, is called the VillaNazionale. The warm south wind, and the soft breath from the east which opens theflower-buds, are the only winds that penetrate into this Eden. A line of heights, covered 3
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