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The Hill of Venus
The Hill of Venus
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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
Contents
Poem by James Thomson
Book the First: The Sacrifice
Chapter 1. The Summons
Chapter 2. The Pledge
Chapter 3. Vistas
Chapter 4. Proserpina
Chapter 5. Waves of Destiny
Chapter 6. The Broken Troth
Chapter 7. The Passage
Book the Second: The Pilgrimage
Chapter 1. The Vigil of Santa Maria Assunta
Chapter 2. The Passing of Conradino
Chapter 3. Tonsure and Thorn
Chapter 4. The Call
Chapter 5. The Dells of Vallombrosa
Chapter 6. The Duke of Spoleto
Chapter 7. Rome!
Book the Third: The Bondage
Chapter 1. The White Lady
Chapter 2. The Feast at the Capitol
Chapter 3. Quaint Wayfarers
Chapter 4. The Pawn of the Church
Chapter 5. The Red Tower
Book the Fourth: The Passion
Chapter 1. Siren Land
Chapter 2. The Lady of Shadows
Chapter 3. An Interlude
Chapter 4. The Hill of Venus
Chapter 5. Twilight Waters
Chapter 6. The Crimson Night
Book the Fifth: The Apostacy
Chapter 1. A Legend
Chapter 2. Memories
Chapter 3. The Grail of Love
Chapter 4. Dead Leaves
Chapter 5. The Abbey of Farfa
Chapter 6. Retribution
Chapter 7. The Quest
Chapter 8. The Anchoress of Narni
Chapter 9. The Dawn
Book the First: The Sacrifice
Chapter 1. The Summons
It was the time of the summer solstice in the year 1266.
Evening was falling on the Basilicata, the shadowy, hazy twilight of the fading midsummer day. The pale green leaves of the olive-branches hung limply from their boughs, but the great willows which drooped over the meandering tide of the Garigliano now and then stirred a feathery twig in response to the delicate touch of the evening breeze. The sun had entered the waters of ancient Liris for his evening bath, leaving his robes of crimson and gold draped in the western sky.
Everything in this fabled land had grown enchanted in the sunset glow. The plane-trees drooped their leaves, as if wrapped in silent dreams. In the poppy-fields the shrill insect voices were hushed, wan presage of the coming dusk. The Liris rolled his sunset crimson gold between the broken scenery of the hills, and the dark forests of the Murgie spread waving shadows over the sun-kissed Apulian plains.
To eastward the towering promontory of Monte Gargano, with the shrines of St. Michael, patron of the Sea, rose sheer and precipitous from the restless element which laved its base. The milk-white Apulian towns of Foggia, Trani and Bitonto faded into the horizon to southward, and the shadowy outlines of Castel del Monte, rising upon a conical hill in the remote Basilicata, terminated the view to westward. (Continued)
Contents
Poem by James Thomson
Book the First: The Sacrifice
Chapter 1. The Summons
Chapter 2. The Pledge
Chapter 3. Vistas
Chapter 4. Proserpina
Chapter 5. Waves of Destiny
Chapter 6. The Broken Troth
Chapter 7. The Passage
Book the Second: The Pilgrimage
Chapter 1. The Vigil of Santa Maria Assunta
Chapter 2. The Passing of Conradino
Chapter 3. Tonsure and Thorn
Chapter 4. The Call
Chapter 5. The Dells of Vallombrosa
Chapter 6. The Duke of Spoleto
Chapter 7. Rome!
Book the Third: The Bondage
Chapter 1. The White Lady
Chapter 2. The Feast at the Capitol
Chapter 3. Quaint Wayfarers
Chapter 4. The Pawn of the Church
Chapter 5. The Red Tower
Book the Fourth: The Passion
Chapter 1. Siren Land
Chapter 2. The Lady of Shadows
Chapter 3. An Interlude
Chapter 4. The Hill of Venus
Chapter 5. Twilight Waters
Chapter 6. The Crimson Night
Book the Fifth: The Apostacy
Chapter 1. A Legend
Chapter 2. Memories
Chapter 3. The Grail of Love
Chapter 4. Dead Leaves
Chapter 5. The Abbey of Farfa
Chapter 6. Retribution
Chapter 7. The Quest
Chapter 8. The Anchoress of Narni
Chapter 9. The Dawn
Book the First: The Sacrifice
Chapter 1. The Summons
It was the time of the summer solstice in the year 1266.
Evening was falling on the Basilicata, the shadowy, hazy twilight of the fading midsummer day. The pale green leaves of the olive-branches hung limply from their boughs, but the great willows which drooped over the meandering tide of the Garigliano now and then stirred a feathery twig in response to the delicate touch of the evening breeze. The sun had entered the waters of ancient Liris for his evening bath, leaving his robes of crimson and gold draped in the western sky.
Everything in this fabled land had grown enchanted in the sunset glow. The plane-trees drooped their leaves, as if wrapped in silent dreams. In the poppy-fields the shrill insect voices were hushed, wan presage of the coming dusk. The Liris rolled his sunset crimson gold between the broken scenery of the hills, and the dark forests of the Murgie spread waving shadows over the sun-kissed Apulian plains.
To eastward the towering promontory of Monte Gargano, with the shrines of St. Michael, patron of the Sea, rose sheer and precipitous from the restless element which laved its base. The milk-white Apulian towns of Foggia, Trani and Bitonto faded into the horizon to southward, and the shadowy outlines of Castel del Monte, rising upon a conical hill in the remote Basilicata, terminated the view to westward. (Continued)
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