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THE HILL OF VENUS
"He stared spellbound" (See page 108)
THE HILL OF VENUS
BY
NATHAN GALLIZIER
AUTHOR OF
"Castel del Monte," "The Sorceress of Rome,"
and "The Court of Lucifer"
PICTURES BY E. H. GARRETT
DECORATIONS BY P. VERBURG
L. G. PAGE & COMPANY
BOSTON
MDCCCCXIII
Copyright, 1913
By L. C. Page & Company
(INCORPORATED)
All rights reserved
First Impression, March, 1913
THE COLONIAL PRESS
C. H. SIMONDS & CO., BOSTON, U. S. A.
"Thou art all shrouded, in a gauzy veil,
Sombrous and cloudlike, all except that face
Of subtle loveliness, though weirdly pale.
Thy soft, slow-gliding footsteps leave no trace
And stir no sound. Thy drooping hands infold
Their frail white fingers, and unconscious hold
A poppy-wreath: thine anodyne of grace.
Sombrous and cloudlike, all except that face
Of subtle loveliness, though weirdly pale.
Thy soft, slow-gliding footsteps leave no trace
And stir no sound. Thy drooping hands infold
Their frail white fingers, and unconscious hold
A poppy-wreath: thine anodyne of grace.
Thy hair is like a twilight round thy head,
Thine eyes are shadowed wells from Lethe-stream,
With drowsy, subterranean waters fed;
Obscurely deep without a stir or gleam.
The gazer drinks in from them with his gaze
An opiate charm, to curtain all his days,
A passive languor of oblivious dream."
Thine eyes are shadowed wells from Lethe-stream,
With drowsy, subterranean waters fed;
Obscurely deep without a stir or gleam.
The gazer drinks in from them with his gaze
An opiate charm, to curtain all his days,
A passive languor of oblivious dream."
—JAMES THOMSON.
CONTENTS
| BOOK THE FIRST | ||
| The Sacrifice | ||
| Chapter | Page | |
| I. | The Summons | 3 |
| II. | The Pledge | 19 |
| III. | Vistas | 29 |
| IV. | Proserpina | 50 |
| V. | Waves of Destiny | 65 |
| VI. | The Broken Troth | 76 |
| VII. | The Passage | 84 |
| BOOK THE SECOND | ||
| The Pilgrimage | ||
| I. | The Vigil of Santa Maria Assunta | 91 |
| II. | The Passing of Conradino | 99 |
| III. | Tonsure and Thorn | 105 |
| IV. | The Call | 111 |
| V. | The Dells of Vallombrosa | 114 |
| VI. | The Duke of Spoleto | 121 |
| VII. | Rome! | 134 |
| BOOK THE THIRD | ||
| The Bondage | ||
| I. | The White Lady | 141 |
| II. | The Feast at the Capitol | 150 |
| III. | Quaint Wayfarers | 162 |
| IV. | The Pawn of the Church | 173 |
| V. | The Red Tower |