[9]Words of a modern writer to whom mil their elegance is due. (Leopardi's note.)
[9]Words of a modern writer to whom mil their elegance is due. (Leopardi's note.)
[10]In these verses we perceive the germ of a whole system of ethics.
[10]In these verses we perceive the germ of a whole system of ethics.
POEMSTO ITALY.33ON THE MONUMENT OF DANTE ABOUT TO BE ERECTED IN FLORENCE.40TO ANGELO MAI49ON THE MARRIAGE OF HIS SISTER PAOLINA.58THE SOLILOQUY OF BRUTUS.63TO SPRING; OR, THE FABLES OF ANTIQUITY.69HYMN TO THE PATRIARCHS.74THE LAST SONG OF SAPPHO.80THE FIRST LOVE.84THE LONELY BIRD.89THE INFINITE.92THE HOLIDAY NIGHT.93TO THE MOON.96SOLITUDE.97TO HIS LOVE.102THE REVIVAL.106TO SILVIA.115THE MEMORIES.119THE NOCTURNAL SONG OF A NOMADIC SHEPHERD IN ASIA.127THE RULING THOUGHT.134LOVE AND DEATH.141TO HIMSELF.147ASPASIA.148ON AN ANCIENT SEPULCHRAL BASSO RILIEVO REPRESENTING A MAIDENTAKING LEAVE OF HER FRIENDS.153THE SETTING OF THE MOON.159THE GENISTA OR THE FLOWER OF THE DESERT.163