...SKETCH OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY. THE morning sun was breaking brightly over the woods of Fontainblean; the dew-drops were glittering on the pendant branches, as if each trembling bough was jewelled, like the tiara of a monarch ; and the matin-song of the little birds was sounding merrily...

...that he had concealed displayed. 322 323 THE DEATH OF DA VINCI. THE morning sun was breaking bright over the woods of Fontainbleau ; the dewdrops were glittering on the pendant branches, as if each trending bough were jeweled like the tiara of a monarch ; and the matin-song of the little birds was...