aspyre

Updated: July 15, 2026

I always feel when I come hither and see the present poverty of the beautiful land that the whole world is its debtor, and can never repay what it owes." In Beautiful Florence. For to the highest she did still aspyre; Or, if ought higher were then that, did it desyre. One afternoon, about two weeks later, Barbara and Bettina were sitting in their pleasant room in Florence.

Deristhe L. (Deristhe Levinte) Hoyt - Barbara's Heritage: Young Americans Among the Old Italian Masters