Italy from the Alps to Mount Etna . he lighter soil. Streams glide through the grass, which bends itself, and then rises,Lending the moistened earth beneath, a turfy shade. But dearer than its renown for fertility, is the boast that it is the birthplace of citizen knows this, and every citizen believes himself to be a descendant of thatillustrious equestrian family. Yes; in Sulmo the Singer of Love was born on thetwentieth of March, forty-four years , and although no stone remains of the villa wherehis cradle stood, his spirit breathes still about the place. The most wretched pri
Italy from the Alps to Mount Etna . he lighter soil. Streams glide through the grass, which bends itself, and then rises,Lending the moistened earth beneath, a turfy shade. But dearer than its renown for fertility, is the boast that it is the birthplace of citizen knows this, and every citizen believes himself to be a descendant of thatillustrious equestrian family. Yes; in Sulmo the Singer of Love was born on thetwentieth of March, forty-four years , and although no stone remains of the villa wherehis cradle stood, his spirit breathes still about the place. The most wretched priestling inthe town, will proudly take down his Publius Ovidius Naso from the bookshelf, andfingering through the leaves, will refer to this or that passage, and prove to you from thepoets own words, the truth of the statement that he was born at Sulmo. Ovids country-men were celebrated even in antiquity, for their energy and love of freedom; but alsofor peaceable manners and cheerful contentment. They had many hardships to endure :. Of THE FROM THE GRAN SASSO DITALIA TO VESUVIUS. 349 Sylla raged among them with fire and sword ; then came Marc Antony and barbarousforeign hordes. The Hohenstauffens, too, fired the city, and what the flames spared, theearthquake destroyed. We may well wonder to see it at the present day, an orderly,well-built city. But its walls en-close scarcely any but modernbuildings. All that remains ofGothic, is to be found in one ortwo churches. Since the opening of newroads of communication, the darkatmosphere of the Middle Ageswhich reigned throughout allthese hill cities, has been obligedto give place to a fresher spell is broken, and if allgoes well, a fair future may awaitthese regions, and the pamperedpopulations of the luxurious citiesof the plain, may be regeneratedby this robust breed of men. Agreen-and-gold garland of fieldsand meadows surrounds the wallsof the town. Beautiful groupsof trees stand beside the streams,and the vine climbs amid
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