Excerpt from Dolce Far Niente In the deep passes of the Apennines, Where winds and twilight dwell among the pines. The sunlight sleeps upon the waters now, Which sleep themselves, scarce rippling in the sun; The weary laborer leaves the lagging plough Half-way Within the furrow last begun, And throws himself upon a grassy mound, Where a cool shadow falls athwart the ground. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.