Italy from the Alps to Mount Etna . ROME, 217 towards Nemi with its charming lake, the Speculum Dianae, and Alba Longa. Greatpaved high roads intersect the plain; and on either side of them, the wealth, ostentation,or affection of the survivors have raised rich monuments to their dead. Villa upon villa. LAKE OF NEMI. as far as the eye can see ! Their marble walls are delightfully relieved against the darkgreens and browns of the landscape : the farthest of them look like flowers upon therich plain,—like white magnolia blossoms amid their lush foliage. Above the whole isthe light of this clear
Italy from the Alps to Mount Etna . ROME, 217 towards Nemi with its charming lake, the Speculum Dianae, and Alba Longa. Greatpaved high roads intersect the plain; and on either side of them, the wealth, ostentation,or affection of the survivors have raised rich monuments to their dead. Villa upon villa. LAKE OF NEMI. as far as the eye can see ! Their marble walls are delightfully relieved against the darkgreens and browns of the landscape : the farthest of them look like flowers upon therich plain,—like white magnolia blossoms amid their lush foliage. Above the whole isthe light of this clear Olympian ether, silvery even in the shadows, and gilding even themeanest things with an enchanted ray. The perfume of a divine Spring-tide fills the air, F F 2l8 ITAL V. and kisses away care. The nightingales never abandon these gardens and ever-greengroves ; their love-songs sound the whole year through. They warble in the gardens ofthe Esquiline, where poets dwell: and mingle their sweetest lays with the strophes ofHorace, Virgil, and Propertius. Here, too, the violets bloom eternally. It is only in this clime that man can be entirely happy and enjoy the full flavour ofthe draught of life. So thought Cicero in his exile beneath the skies of Asia, and wrotelongingly to his friend : Oh, thou m
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