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fit satellites to such a moon^ the stars appear — not faint, 

 nor tarnished hy fog, as with ns, but like a fresh issue of 

 the heavenly mint, all fiori di cogno, scintiUatuig every- 

 where overhead, and winking through the all -eyed con- 

 cave in apparent proximity to the earth ; while one, the 

 evening Koh-i-nor, glowing like a lesser moon, sus- 

 pended just over the Vomero, ' declares' from the fir- 

 mament ' the glory of God,' making an unspoken but 

 not voiceless appeal to the sons of care, — 



Up to the starry sky, 

 "Where yon bright planets bum, 



AH ye who heave the sigh. 

 Turn ye, O pilgrims, turn. 



The water, receiving this flood of glory upon its sur- 

 face, presents one vast illuminated speculum from Baise 

 to Sorrento, where the whole Eidoranion is accurately 

 depicted ; nor are these reflected legacies of the de- 

 parted sun the only sources whence light emanates ; be- 

 sides all these lights of heaven, there are lights on land 

 and lights at sea. First and foremost, standing out in 

 shadovry vastness, like the Spirit of Evil, in Milton — 

 Vesuvius emits deep red flashes from his lava hell; by 

 day these operations are concealed in dense smoke, but 

 now bursts of meteoric fires belched forth against the 

 bright, pure sky, make the trembling stars turn pale in 

 their courses. However, there are other and more cheer- 

 ful lights on shore, such as Gerard della Notte loved to • 

 paint, — the brilliant revolving Pharos; the gas-lit Chiaia; 

 the streets lamp-starred up to the very ridge of the Vo- 

 mero, where bonfires crackle and burn ; and at intervals 

 the dark foliage of the Villa Eeale is brightened with 

 gerbes of rockets, ascending from its recesses, and break- 

 ing overhead in showers of turquoises, emeralds, and 

 rubies; from the same dark ilex hedge fiery serpents 

 meander out to sea, and, stopping suddenly short, plunge 

 with a loud hiss under water. 



