It will be admitted that the difficulty of translating the phrase in Dall' Ongaro's little poem, so as to be intelligible to English readers, was considerable.

The letter then proceeds]: "I did not start, you will see, direct from Livorno [Leghorn], for Medici wrote me to join him here.

Moreover, the steamer by which I expected to have gone, did not make the trip, but was sent back to this city.

I will worry you with a letter when anything stirring occurs.

We sail to-night.