Italy from the Alps to Mount Etna . A SEA VOYAGE FROM BAlsE TO SALERNO. 405 their keels. The lamps on the shore throw their yellow light far over the sea, where itmingles trembling with the blue rays of the moon. From the teeming city there comesthe dull roll of wheels and the roar of voices. But by degrees the noise dies away; thelamps grow fainter ; the most distant of them dip down into the waves,—others follow them,. ON THE SHORE AT BAI/E. —the last disappear,—and then only the moonlight trembles on the sea, and the watersshine beneath our keel like the fiery track of a comet. Capri lies u
Italy from the Alps to Mount Etna . A SEA VOYAGE FROM BAlsE TO SALERNO. 405 their keels. The lamps on the shore throw their yellow light far over the sea, where itmingles trembling with the blue rays of the moon. From the teeming city there comesthe dull roll of wheels and the roar of voices. But by degrees the noise dies away; thelamps grow fainter ; the most distant of them dip down into the waves,—others follow them,. ON THE SHORE AT BAI/E. —the last disappear,—and then only the moonlight trembles on the sea, and the watersshine beneath our keel like the fiery track of a comet. Capri lies upon the watery plain,like a phantom of the mist, and a diadem of stars glitters above her rocky brow. Theshores seem to move and live in the clear light of the mild planet overhead, and to swimafter the little frail boat full of mortals, and the ancient legends of the sirens are night is dreaming a royal dream, and the scent of orange-flowers perfumes hersleeping mouth. By degrees the sky sends out pale streaks seaward from behind Vesuvius. Morningis beginning to dawn ; and soon she stands upon the mountain tops clad in bright robes ofsaffron, and descends to the sea, to the waves which are still gliding sleepily towards theshore, and decks their curling crests with golden spangles. Yonder is Baice, with its 406 ITAL V. crumbling castle above, and the beautiful ruins of its temple of Venus below.
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