The Triumph of Death

_THE ROMANCES OF THE ROSE_

*THE TRIUMPH OF DEATH*

BY

GABRIELE D'ANNUNZIO

TRANSLATED BY ARTHUR HORNBLOW

WITH A RECENT PORTRAIT OF THE AUTHOR

_Nec sine te nec tecum vivere possum._--OVID.

_FIFTH EDITION._

NEW YORK GEORGE H. RICHMOND & CO. 1897

COPYRIGHT, 1896, BY GEORGE H. RICHMOND & CO.

*CONTENTS.*

I. THE PAST II. ...