Volume II Part 29 (1/2)
Her own various cares so occupied Madame Ossoli that she see the whole time of my stay in Florence, I do not think she once visited either of the Grand Ducal Galleries, and the only studio in which she see interest, was that of Mademoiselle Favand, a lady whose independence of character, self-reliance, and courageous genius, could hardly have failed to attract her congenial sy all my remembrances of Mada than those which recall to er, alone and in feeble health, who found, in her society, her sympathy, and her counsels, a constant at, wild-flowers, freshly gathered, were laid upon her table by the grateful hands of this young , beside her seat in her little rooht with a quiet happiness, that must have bound his heart by no weak ties to her hose fate his oas so closely to be linked
And the recollection of such benign and holy influences breathed upon the human hearts of those who came within her sphere, will not, I trust, be valueless to those friends, in whose love her memory is enshrined with ive or take away
[Footnote A: Just before I left Florence, Mada a flowers or vine leaves, which, she said, was a portrait of the child of Madame Arconati, presented to her by that lady I mention this circu this description was recovered from the wreck of the Elizabeth]
[Footnote B: The circumstances of this story, perhaps, deserve to be recorded The brothers were two young men, the sons and the chief supports of Madame Ossoli's landlord at Rieti They were both ht him no dowry, and who, in the opinion of her husband's family, had not shown a proper disposition to bear her share of the dos and disputes which resulted from this state of affairs, on one unlucky day, took the forer son, as absent froan, returned to find it at its height, and was received by his ith passionate tears, and by his relations with sharp recriminations
His brother, especially, took it upon hiing into their hoes and counter charges followed in rapid succession, and hasty words soon led to blows From blows the appeal to the knife iftly made, and when Madame Ossoli, attracted by the unusual clamor, entered upon the scene of action, she found that blood had been already drawn, and that the younger brother was only restrained fro up the first assault by the united force of all the fe a heavy billet of wood, and pale with rage, stood awaiting his antagonist Passing through the group of weeping and terrified woer brother and, laying her hand upon his shoulder, asked him to put down his weapon and listen to her It was in vain that he attenore her presence Before the spell of her calm, firm, well-known voice, his fury ht him to show hie With a sudden iround, turned to Mada towards his brother, the two edy to a joyful termination]
[Footnote C: It will be understood, that this officer was the Marchese's older brother, who still adheres to the Papal cause]
[Footnote D: She believed herself to be, and I suppose really was, under the surveillance of the police during her residence in Florence]
HOMEWARD
BY WH CHANNING
Last, having thus revealed all I could love And having received all love bestowed on it, I would die: so preserving through my course God full on rant h All loveliness of life; make more for me, If not for men,--or take me to Thyself, Eternal, Infinite Love!”
BROWNING
Till another open for el at the doorway, White with gazing at His Throne; And a saint's voice in the pal,--”ALL IS LOST, and _won_”
ELIZABETH BARRETT
La ne venilion primaio Bianco marmo era si pulito e terso, Ch'io mi specchiava in esso, qual io paio
Era 'l secondo tinto, piu che perso, D'una petrina ruvida ed arsiccia, Crepata per lo lungo e per traverso
Lo terzo, che di sopra s'aue che fuor di vena spiccia
Sopra questa teneva alia, Che radi su di buona voglia Mi trasse 'l daca lia
DANTE
Che luce e questa, e qual nuova beltate?