None knows, nor can our oldest legends tell

Who built so great a City.”

I went my way.

IV—THE TORCH IN ITALY
Leonardo Da Vinci

I
HILLS AND THE SEA

The mists rolled back. I saw the City of Flowers

Far down, upon the plain; and, on the slope

Beside us—we were shadows and unseen,—

Giulio, the painter, sketching rocks and trees.