Pashley, Robert: Travels in Crete (Band 2) (Cambridge und London, 1837)

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REGKET ON LEAVING SAMAKIA.

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only been allowed to gaze on them for a few hours, and
in all likelihood shall never again behold the glories
which are now so rapidly vanishing from my view. I
am indeed leaving

A land whose azure mountain-tops are seats
For gods in council; whose green vales, retreats
Fit for the shades of heroes, mingling there
To breathe Elysian peace in upper air.

END OF VOLUME II.