Pleasant initiation!

The end, this:

Guido's broad back was saddled to bear all—

Violante, and Pompilia too,—

Three lots cast confidently in one lap,

Three dead-weights with one arm to lift the three

Out of their limbo up to life again.

The Roman household was to strike fresh root

In a new soil, graced with a novel name,

Gilt with an alien glory, Aretine