Count Giacomo Leopardi Poems

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11.
Imitation

Wandering from the parent bough,
Little, trembling leaf,
Whither goest thou?
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12.
The Ginestra,

Here, on the arid ridge
Of dead Vesuvius,
Exterminator terrible,
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13.
The Evening Of The Holiday

The night is mild and clear, and without wind,
And o'er the roofs, and o'er the gardens round
The moon shines soft, and from afar reveals
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14.
The Dream

It was the morning; through the shutters closed,
Along the balcony, the earliest rays
Of sunlight my dark room were entering;
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15.
Chorus Of The Dead

And all returns to Thee, alone eternal,
And all Thee returning.
Oh Death, in Thy vast shadow,
Simple and bare we languish,
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16.
The Last Song Of Sappho

Thou tranquil night, and thou, O gentle ray
Of the declining moon; and thou, that o'er
The rock appearest, 'mid the silent grove,
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17.
Love And Death

Children of Fate, in the same breath
Created were they, Love and Death.
Such fair creations ne'er were seen,
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18.
On Dante's Monument, 1818

Though all the nations now
Peace gathers under her white wings,
The minds of Italy will ne'er be free
From the restraints of their old lethargy,
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19.
Fragment Ii

The light of day was fading in the west,
The smoke no more from village chimneys curled,
Nor voice of man, nor bark of dog was heard;
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20.
Scherzo

When, as a boy, I went
To study in the Muses' school,
One of them came to me, and took
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