83/268 He is cultivated and high-minded. I like him much; and none the less that he brings hopeful accounts of the state of Piedmont, of the progress of the people, and good persistency of the King. It makes one's heart beat with the sense that all is not over with our poor Italy. They are full of _atmospherical_ poetry, and very melodious. The poet is still better than the poems--so truthful, so direct, such a reliable Christian man. |