It rained in torrents during my stay in Gorizia, but, as we recrossed the Isonzo onto the Friulian plain, the sinking sun burst through a rift in the leaden clouds and turned into a huge block of rosy coral the red rampart of the Carso.
"Italy at War and the Allies in the West"
E. Alexander Powell
The sun was just rising above the Friulian Alps and the lagoon lay dull and smooth as a breathed-on mirror.
"The Valley of Decision"
Edith Wharton
The air blowing from the Adriatic breathed into their faces the strength of the sea; and in the far distance, above that line of buildings where lies the heart of Venice, the high ghosts of the Friulian Alps glimmered amid the sweeping regiments and purple shadows of the land-hurrying clouds.
"The Marriage of William Ashe"
Mrs. Humphry Ward