. Earthwork out of Tuscany. Af^THWORK OUT OF TUSCANY: Alber- .., bat notall. All of aâis to be seen in the vicar-eyed Tuscan wo- olino (himself of Pistoja) and then fixed it for ie Piazza and come down / the Palazzo Commune, â¢d behold the crown of del Ceppo. Everybody .\t Florence, the w .....e front are some HbiBFF3?ftite on blue: one does not know r i*i the suc- ful. i, h ....,..; Cl. on the pleasatu q It li a grey day with thunâ., ,_ somewhere in the hills, close v. The blind walls 3 c iiaiJ in the raw light, but ., â . ..^,e hospital are open back andfront to the air; it is a rest fo
. Earthwork out of Tuscany. Af^THWORK OUT OF TUSCANY: Alber- .., bat notall. All of aâis to be seen in the vicar-eyed Tuscan wo- olino (himself of Pistoja) and then fixed it for ie Piazza and come down / the Palazzo Commune, â¢d behold the crown of del Ceppo. Everybody .\t Florence, the w .....e front are some HbiBFF3?ftite on blue: one does not know r i*i the suc- ful. i, h ....,..; Cl. on the pleasatu q It li a grey day with thunâ., ,_ somewhere in the hills, close v. The blind walls 3 c iiaiJ in the raw light, but ., â . ..^,e hospital are open back andfront to the air; it is a rest for the eye to206. WITH THE BROWN BEAR look into their cool depths within the is a square, very plain, yellow building,this hospital, unrelieved save for its log-gia, its painted frieze of earthenware, anda rickety cross to denote its pious the wards 1 can see to the wetsky again and a gable-end of vivid red andyellow. A thin black Christ on his crossstands up against this bright square of dis-tance, pathetic silhouette enough for me;reminder something sinister, you mightthink, for the sick folk inside. But not so;this is a crucifix, not a Crucifixion. This poorwooden Rood, bowing in the shade, speaksnot of high tragedy, but of the simple annalsof the poor again; not of St. John, but of 1 shall be called sentimental; butwith the band of garden colours before me 1cant get away from the streets and alleys. Iam not sure the craftsmen intended I hospital itself is low and square ; itis limewashed all over, and has the blindand beaten aspect of all Italian houses :â
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