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S.H.D. Commonplace Book (16:35:1), Martha Dickinson Bianchi Collection, John Hay Library, Brown University Libraries |
opposite jutting far out to sea but sharp and high as an Alpine crest - on its summit a white church! For all the world like a gull riding a breaker - Farther on ledges - half submerged by bluest water and on them tropical palms self-conscious in their picturesqueness - almost enjoying it themselves! Turn away to [?] round a harbor and almond trees are flushing their faint bloom over rough stone walls - willows are green - and birch tassels long and ready to break into yellow dust at the touch of the next breeze from Africa! - I found when we arrived at the end my teeth were clenched as firm as a cat in a dead canary! and Captain Bianchi doesnt want to be chauffeur over that 90 kilometres again - but it is God's master piece, and its waiting for you! Faithfully Martha
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 Transcription and commentary copyright 1998 by Martha Nell Smith, Laura Elyn Lauth, and Lara Vetter, all rights reserved Maintained by Rebecca Mooney <rnmooney@umd.edu> Last updated on January 23, 2008 |
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