Italy from the Alps to Mount Etna . the voices of those in the procession advancingfrom below chant in answer, Salve regina,Mater misericordiic ! The portals of the sanctuary are opened, and the crowd pours into it tumultuously,with outstretched arms, praying and praising and uttering vows to the Queen of mass is celebrated with the profoundest devotion, the church is filled with clouds ofincense, and the bright summer sun sends down his golden rays through the windows,upon the dense, kneeling, many-coloured crowd. The poorest throws his mite, and therich man his gold, behind the g
Italy from the Alps to Mount Etna . the voices of those in the procession advancingfrom below chant in answer, Salve regina,Mater misericordiic ! The portals of the sanctuary are opened, and the crowd pours into it tumultuously,with outstretched arms, praying and praising and uttering vows to the Queen of mass is celebrated with the profoundest devotion, the church is filled with clouds ofincense, and the bright summer sun sends down his golden rays through the windows,upon the dense, kneeling, many-coloured crowd. The poorest throws his mite, and therich man his gold, behind the grating of the chapel of San Guglielmo, the founder of thechurch. He erected it in the year 1125, on the threshold of the deposed goddess Diana. A PROCESSION ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 433 The Hohenstaufcn Emperor, Frederick the Second, twice visited the church, and the ill-starred Manfred appointed that his monument should be erected here. After he hadfallen at Benevento, however, Charles of Anjou caused the tomb to be destroyed, and had. MILL NEAR ARIANO. his own crest of the three lilies sculptured on the marble of the church. So that thereare manifold traces of history to be met with on this rock. After the completion of the religious ceremonies, the people descend from themountain, and then begins the unbridled bacchanalian revelry. Cherry and ash trees, ivyand vine are plundered to make green wreaths for the revellers, who are merrymakingamidst the tents and booths decorated with banners. Shouting, singing, the braying oftrumpets, the thrum of tambourines, the clinking of glasses, and the clattering of plates are 3 k 434 ITALY. all mingled in one wild uproar. Later on they hear mass once more in the Vescovato,and then proceed on their way to Saviano and Sant Anastasia. The maidens of thesevillages meet them half way with waving banners, flowers, and music; and if it be possiblethat there should be a crescendo to the wildness of the revelry, one may say that thecrescendo continues
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