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the\- scaled the heights ; the\- pierced the depths of the 

 valle\-s. enveloping in darkness botli palace and cottage. 

 All Nature sank to sleep. Soon the onh- lights were 

 those which touched the rose-red summits of the snow\' 

 Alps and the solitar\' sails upon the sea. Then a dark 

 shade sank upon the deep, and it was granted onh* to 

 those p-iants there aloft to beliold the Lord of Light. 

 Burning as it were, with inward fire, the\ lloated in a 

 glorA wliich is not of this world. 



1 closed my e\'es and turned awa}- wishing to retain 

 this scene in my mind as a last impression of the Riviera. 

 When I at length looked up the dark veil of night had 

 fallen even on the summits and all outlines were blurred 

 and fantastic. High above me the liglithouse dashed 

 like a meteor 1ar over land and sea, a beacon for the 

 longing gaze of those who have once visited this sublime spot. 



