G. Gardner Sullivan. The Italian. In Old Italy. Chapter I. F ROM the gray, old monastery, flung like a rampart of the faith against the Italian sky, the bells were ringing the Angelus. A deep, sweet silence had shrouded the vineyards, where the peasants stood with bowed heads. Even the shaggy burros seemed to understand as they gazed with calm ... More @Wikipedia
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