We had done our duty. Though by force of numbers they had beaten us out
of the last stronghold of Ferdinand IV. and the British in Calabria,
they had gained only a pile of shapeless ruin; and at the dear price of
many a gallant fellow. We were now on the open ocean—three minutes
before, we were manning the frightful breach!
The storm died away, and the bright Ausonian sun arose in his glory: the
shores of Sicily, studded with towns and castles, the green woods, the
sparkling sandy beach, the bright Neptunian hills, and the red tower of
the Lantern, were all radiant with light. The shore we had left, and
the blood-stained Scylla, diminished in the distance, as our sailors
bent to their flashing oars, and the bellying canvass swelled on the
morning wind, which blew from the pine-clad Apennines.
"Courage, Bianca!" I exclaimed, and threw my arm around her; "we are
beyond range even of cannon, now."
"Anima mia," she whispered, as she laid her head on my shoulder, "you
are safe and I am happy!"
And thus ended MY CAMPAIGN IN THE CALABRIAS.
Printed by STEWART and MURRAY, Old Bailey
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