. Alps and sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino (Op. 6.) . /£4<5/y-?-t- TICINESE BARLEY-STACKS. FAIDO. 19 couple of miles off as the crow flies. This I foundupon inquiry to be Dalpe; above Dalpe rose pinewoods and pastures ; then the loftier alpi, then ruggedprecipices, and above all the Dalpe glacier roseate withsunset. I was enchanted, and it was only because. CAMPO SANTO AT CALPIOGNIA. night was coming on, and I had a long way to descendbefore getting back to Faido, that I could get myselfaway. I passed through Calpiognia, and though thedusk was deepening, I could not forbear fr
. Alps and sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino (Op. 6.) . /£4<5/y-?-t- TICINESE BARLEY-STACKS. FAIDO. 19 couple of miles off as the crow flies. This I foundupon inquiry to be Dalpe; above Dalpe rose pinewoods and pastures ; then the loftier alpi, then ruggedprecipices, and above all the Dalpe glacier roseate withsunset. I was enchanted, and it was only because. CAMPO SANTO AT CALPIOGNIA. night was coming on, and I had a long way to descendbefore getting back to Faido, that I could get myselfaway. I passed through Calpiognia, and though thedusk was deepening, I could not forbear from pausingat the Campo Santo just outside the village. I give asketch taken by daylight, but neither sketch nor words 20 ALPS AND SANCTUARIES. can give any idea of the pathos of the place. WhenI saw it first it was in the month of June, and the rankdandelions were in seed. Wild roses in full bloom,great daisies, and the never-failing salvia ran riotamong the graves. Looking over the churchyard itselfthere were the purple mountains of Biasca and thevalley of the Ticino some couple of thousand feetbelow. There was no sound save the subdued butceaseless roar of the Ticino, and the I found the following passage from the Messiah sounding in my ears, and felt as thoughHandel, who in his travels as a youn^f man doubtlesssaw such places, might have ha
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