AUCHAIC BLACK VASE FROM CHIUST.
CHAPTER XXXVII.
FIRENZE.—FLORENTIA.
Florence, beneath the sun,
Of cities, fairest one !—Shelley.
Di te, Donna dell' Arno, anch' io favello.
Tu, in regio trono alteramente assisa,
L'imperioso ciglio
Volgi all' Etruria!—Filicaja.
Florence, the Athens of modern Italy, in the days of
Etruscan greatness and of the earliest civilization of the
CHAPTER XXXVII.
FIRENZE.—FLORENTIA.
Florence, beneath the sun,
Of cities, fairest one !—Shelley.
Di te, Donna dell' Arno, anch' io favello.
Tu, in regio trono alteramente assisa,
L'imperioso ciglio
Volgi all' Etruria!—Filicaja.
Florence, the Athens of modern Italy, in the days of
Etruscan greatness and of the earliest civilization of the