Cities of Northern and Central Italy, Vol. 2 of 3

Book excerpt: Excerpt from Cities of Northern and Central Italy, Vol. 2 of 3: In Venetia, Parma, the Emilia, the Marche and Northern Tuscany And music meets not always now the ear Those days are gone - but Beauty still is here. States fall, arts fade - but Nature doth not die, Nor yet forget how Venice once was dear, The pleasant place of all festivity. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.