"But," said Kollin, "she is a gold-crested serpent--slippery!" Is she?
That only tells me of a little more to be mastered.

I feel my future now.

Hitherto it has been a land without sunlight.

Do you know how the look of sunlight on a land calms one?
It signifies to the eye possession and repose, the end gained--not the end to labour, just heaven! but peace to the heart's craving, which is the renewal of strength for work, the fresh dip in the waters of life.

Conjure up your vision of Italy.