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880 OUR FOUNTAIN.
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Notwithstanding a strong prejudice in fa...
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Gentle Her Step, And Calm Her Mien, As O...
But the rich would bar her entrance , for she robs him of his pel _£ All _iN " ot multi robs him lied , onl a hundredfold y borrows , to t return hat when it to he h ' s imself houseless driven
He'll find p his treasure free from ; rust in the treasuries of heaven , . O know not her gentle touchwhich guides with soft control ?
O hear ye ye not her seraph voice , , soft whispering to the soul , Those gracious words her Master spake in the promise which shall be ,
44 That done to others for My sake is even done to Me " ?
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880 Our Fountain.
880 OUR _FOUNTAIN .
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Notwithstanding A Strong Prejudice In Fa...
_Notwithstanding a strong prejudice in favor of " Our Fountain , " and a conscious desire to imbue my readers with the sameI must
, at once candidly admit that it cannot boast of much architectural beauty or oriinalitylays no claim to especial antiquity , and
rejoices in no romantic g , inscription fit to be duly transferred into every sentimental young traveller's album . Nevertheless , humble and
unpretending as I must allow it to be , it has taken a firm hold on my iancy and affection , and seems to me to merit a few words in its
praise The . wide lofty window of the room I am now writing in , opens
xlirectly opposite to the fountain , so that , without moving from the couch where I must spend many hours of enforced idleness , I have
constant opportunities of observing what an . ungrudging , ceaseless , public benefactor it is . Were it not for the ever-varying and
everp their icturesque charm for groups methe of view which from it is the window centre would , and be which somewhat never dull lose my
• and monotonous . , It looks on a little stone-paved Piazza , bounded on one side by an imposingstatelybut now deserted Grand Ducal
IPalaceits many windows are , all darkened , , its doors closed ; and long :: they , remain sorather than open to re-admit any of the pompous
Inane anay members of , the late reigning family , with their idle , useless , 'hangers-on . Opposite to the Palace are the Bagni Caldi , _* which once
made this place fashionable ; the naturally hot springs are enclosed in a lowneat building , and the water is conducted into various marble
, baths On , one not much side of used m . y of present late years dwelling . thereis a row of modest ,
anostly unlet lodging-houses , and on the other , a terrace-like wall with a stone bench running round itleasantly shaded by
broadleaved plane-trees . This bench is a , very p popular lounge distant , and blue well
it may be , for it commands a glorious view of .. Apennines ; green , chestnut-covered hills , and vine-clad valleys , with
* Bagni Caldi ( Hot Baths ) .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Aug. 1, 1862, page 380, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01081862/page/20/
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