Italy from the Alps to Mount Etna . TAVERN IN LUGANO. Pompeo doubtless paused whenever the breeze dividing the branches of the trees openeda glimpse of the blue lake, and listened to the song of the fisherboy returning homeward,and thought of the days when he himself sat careless and light-hearted in a humblefishing-boat Now he sits in the bark of St. Peter—close to the helm, too!—and navi- LA GO DI CO THE RAVINE OF THE PIOVERNA, NEAR BELLANO. gates a stormy sea, for Charles the Fifth has wearily resigned the Empire, and Luthersfiery words are penetrating to all ears. The echo of them sou
Italy from the Alps to Mount Etna . TAVERN IN LUGANO. Pompeo doubtless paused whenever the breeze dividing the branches of the trees openeda glimpse of the blue lake, and listened to the song of the fisherboy returning homeward,and thought of the days when he himself sat careless and light-hearted in a humblefishing-boat Now he sits in the bark of St. Peter—close to the helm, too!—and navi- LA GO DI CO THE RAVINE OF THE PIOVERNA, NEAR BELLANO. gates a stormy sea, for Charles the Fifth has wearily resigned the Empire, and Luthersfiery words are penetrating to all ears. The echo of them sounds threateningly even inItaly ; and Rome and its future seem enveloped in a lurid cloud, even such a one as 104 ITALY. is rising above the ridge of mountains yonder. Pompeo pauses, looking darkly beforehim, whilst the priests whisper together and the waves murmur low. Centuries passed, and there., where once the Cardinal walked, dwelt the repudiatedwife of a King of England,—the Princess Caroline with her suite. It was about thisperiod—from 1815 to 1820,—that the present extensive pleasure-grounds were begun,a charming little theatre built, and numerous outbuildings for the accommodation of thoseattendants who had followed the princess in her exile. We soon have an instance of the cosmopolite-international character which marksthe border of the Lake of Como ; all nations, all forms of riches
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