[7] Giorgione (Giorgio Barbarelli) was Titian's fellow-pupil and rival
in the school of Bellini. He died at thirty-four, after a life
of great triumphs and excesses.

[8] Sansovino, the architect, was a familiar guest at Titian's table,
in his house near the Fondamenta Nuove.

THE LONG DAYS.

Yes! they are here again, the long, long days,
After the days of winter, pinched and white;
Soon, with a thousand minstrels comes the light,
Late, the sweet robin-haunted dusk delays.

But the long days that bring us back the flowers,
The sunshine, and the quiet-dripping rain,
And all the things we knew of spring again,
The long days bring not the long-lost long hours.

The hours that now seem to have been each one
A summer in itself, a whole life's bound,
Filled full of deathless joy--where in his round,
Have these forever faded from the sun?

The fret, the fever, the unrest endures,
But the time flies.... Oh, try, my little lad,
Coming so hot and play-worn, to be glad
And patient of the long hours that are yours!

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Transcriber Notes

Archaic and variable spelling and hypenation preserved, including
words like chorussing and chipmonk.

Author's punctuation style is preserved, including some inconsistent
quotes in "Pordenone".

Passages in italics indicated by _underscores_.

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