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As Ean to discri of the landscape--the purple hills,

groves of orange pine and cypress, shadingvineyards and plantations The noble Brenta, pouring its

broad waves into the sea, now appeared, and, when she reached its ht be fastened which were now to

tow it up the streaave a last look to the Adriatic,

and to the dim sail, that from the sky-mix'd wave

Dawns on the sight, and the barge slowly glided between the green and luxuriant slopes

of the river The grandeur of the Palladian villas, that adorn these

shores, was considerably heightened by the setting rays, which threw

strong contrasts of light and shade upon the porticos and long arcades,

and bearoves of

pine and cypress, that overhung the buildings The scent of oranges, of

flowering myrtles, and other odoriferous plants was diffused upon the

air, and often, from these embowered retreats, a strain of music stole

on the calm, and 'softened into silence'

The sun now sunk below the horizon, twilight fell over the landscape,

and E silence, continued to watch its features