Or fills with love the pilgrim on his way
As the far bell of vesper makes him start,
Seeming to weep the dying day's decay,
Is this a fancy which our reason scorns?
Ah, surely nothing dies but something mourns!"
That "sweet hour of twilight" in the Pineta is the most precious hour
of the day, when far off across the marsh softly, softly comes the Ave
Maria....
"_O tu rinnovellata
itala gente da le molte vite
rendi la voce
"de ta preghiera, la campana squilli
ammonitrice, il campanil risorto
canti di clivo in clivo a la campagna
Ave Maria.
"Ave Maria! Quando su l'aure corre
l'umil saluto, i piccioh mortali
scovrono il capo, curvano la fronte
Dante ed Aroldo_"
[Illustration: TO PORTO CORSINI]
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