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THE FESTA OF MADONNA DEI FIORI.
BY L. E. L.
They gathered in that holy place,
A young and lovely band,
With banners wrought with sacred signs,
And flowers in each hand.
It was a summer festival
Worthy a summer sky,
That brought the fragrant and the fair
Upon that shrine to die.
Many a little foot had been
Amid the early dew,
While fresh the odour to each leaf,
Fresh colour to each hue.
