English: Victor Emmanuel III of Italy with Elena and
Crown Prince Umberto
Identifier: theirmajestiesas00paoluoft (find matches)
Title: Their majesties as I knew them; personal reminiscences of the kings and queens of Europe
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Paoli, Xavier, 1835- Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander, 1865-1921
Subjects: Europe -- Kings and rulers
Publisher: New York, Sturgis (and) Walton
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto
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i;hmicalprose; and I was fortunate enough to procure acopy of the translation: VISION The mother said to her daughter: Wouldst know how the world is made? Open thineeyes. And the little maid opened her eyes. She saw lordlyand towering mountains, she saw valleys full of delights,she saw the sun which shines upon and gilds all things,she saw twinkling stars and the deep billows of the sea,she saw torrents with foaming waters and flowers withvaried perfumes, she saw light-winged birds and the goldensheaves of the harvest. Then she closed her e3es. And then she saw, she saw the fairest thing upon thisearth: the image of the beloved who filled her heart, the
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o O WXH Q2 < < U.O z w D o QZ< oz5 UJ H THE KING AND QUEEN OF ITALY 191 image of the beloved who shone within her soul, the imageof the beloved who gave his love in return for the love thatwas hers. This charming fragment had been recovered bya collector of royal poetry some time before thevisit of the Italian sovereigns. M. Andre Rivoire,one of our finest poets, transposed it into Frenchverse; and M. Loubet delicately caused it to be re-cited to our hosts in the course of a reception givenin their honour at the Elysee. That evening, thebeautiful Queen enjoyed a two-fold success, as awoman and as a poetess. 5. The unpretending affabihty of the royal couplewas bound to win the affections of the Frenchpeople. The daily more enthusiastic cheers thatgreeted them in their drives through Paris provedthat they had conquered all hearts. It is astonishing, said an Italian official to me,but they are even more popular here than athome! That must be because they show themselvesmore, I r
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