by GIOSUE CARDUCCI - World eBook Library

More documents

Recommendations

Info

Preface greater than them all. Possibly he lacked the spontaneous grace, the sudden fire, of the writer of " Fratelli d'ltalia," but, young as he still was, the poet shows behind his work. When once Victor Emmanuel became master of Rome the need of a singer <strong>by</strong> the way to sweeten the toil of war ceased. In the years that followed Carducci rose to his greatest height. He wrote of the deeds that had been, and the remembered passion fired his thought. Dropping the easy metre, the ringing refrain, in which a nation in battle finds fittest expression, he wove on classic lines, out of the great chants of old Italian melodies which none knew so well as he, metres full of force and of music, and worthy of bearing the thought of a great poet. Perhaps one of the greatest of his poems is " Piedmont," first printed on the 2Oth of September, 1890. It deals with the short-lived triumph of the campaign of 1848, and with what may be fitly termed the tragedy of Charles Albert. Of that Italian Hamlet, Carducci writes with a sympathy surprising to those who know how stern his judgments fall. Perhaps as he himself says, it is because
Preface his name was associated with the sound of the first Italian victory which broke on the poet's ears " Whence I (grown old) Sing to thee now, O King of my fresh spring-time, King for so many years accursed and sorrowed." "The Biccocca di San Giacomo" is another great work. On the old redoubt the poet stands and muses on all the lives that passed, and armies that trampled on those green plains from days Napoleon. of Gothic invaders to that of the first Many people may prefer to either, the poem Calvi, especially those whose good on Pietro fortune it has been to drive along that wonderful road which, starting from Toblach in the Austrian Tyrol, runs for through the heart of the Ampezzo sixty miles Dolomites to come out at Belluno in the Venetian plain. Some four or five miles eastward of Cortina, an unpretentious building with the flag of Italy flying from its roof, and a dilatory official loitering at the door, tells the traveller that he has 12
Page 1 and 2: POEMS by GIOSUE CARDUCCI Classic Li
Page 3 and 4: World Public Library The World Publ
Page 6 and 7: GIOSUE CARDUCCI WITH INTRODUCTION A
Page 8 and 9: ON a certain day in February last,
Page 10 and 11: Preface ness. Of these, the fastidi
Page 12 and 13: Preface wept, yes, and oftentimes c
Page 16 and 17: Preface passed out of the country r
Page 18 and 19: Preface flashing blue fires, while
Page 20 and 21: Preface agitateur d'idees et de fou
Page 22 and 23: Preface dictate terms of peace to A
Page 24 and 25: Preface teenth century, and drainin
Page 26 and 27: Preface portents of the Hellenic cr
Page 28 and 29: Preface hairy flock and, turning ho
Page 30 and 31: Preface In conclusion, I should lik
Page 32 and 33: I VIRGIL FOR EDUARDO CORAZZINI ...
Page 34 and 35: For Eduardo Corazzini WHO DIED OF W
Page 36 and 37: For Eduardo Corazzini Did all the w
Page 38 and 39: For Eduardo Corazzini While unto us
Page 40 and 41: For Eduardo Corazzini Oh eagerly he
Page 42 and 43: For Eduardo Corazzini didst thou le
Page 44 and 45: For Rduardo Corazzini Austere and t
Page 46 and 47: For Eduardo Corazzini Now, with tho
Page 48 and 49: For Eduardo Corazzini NOTE. (Page 4
Page 50 and 51: Feste ed Oblii Urlate, saltate^ men
Page 52 and 53: Feste ed Oblii E mobili fluttl di f
Page 54 and 55: Feste ed Oblii O empie insolente la
Page 56 and 57: Di Notte Pur ne F ombra di tuoi lat
Page 58 and 59: Di Notte Ma posa w trovo in te, qua
Page 60 and 61: T 9 amOy o pio hove ; II Bove e mit
Page 62 and 63: Virgili 10 Come^ quando su campi ar
Page 64 and 65:
Funere Mersit Acerbo O tu che dormi
Page 66 and 67:
Fiesole Su P arce onde miro Fiesole
Page 68 and 69:
A Un Asino Oltre la siepe^ o antico
Page 70 and 71:
Vignetta La staglon lleta e V abito
Page 72 and 73:
Idillio Maremmano Co V ragglo de /'
Page 74 and 75:
Idillio Maremmano Forti figll pende
Page 76 and 77:
Idillio Maremmano Al tuo passar^ si
Page 78 and 79:
Idillio Maremmano Guasti i muscoli
Page 80 and 81:
Idillio Maremmano Ed a dlto segnar
Page 82 and 83:
Davanti San Guido / cipressi che a
Page 84 and 85:
Davanti San Guido Nidi portiamo anc
Page 86 and 87:
Davanti San Guido E massime a le pl
Page 88 and 89:
Davanti San Guido E come questo occ
Page 90 and 91:
Davanti San Guido E Pan, r eterno c
Page 92 and 93:
Davanti San Guido Di cima al poggio
Page 94 and 95:
T)avanti San Guido Sette paia dl sc
Page 96 and 97:
TDavanti San Guido Amlmando fuggia
Page 98 and 99:
All' Autore del Mago O Severino, de
Page 100 and 101:
Air Autore del Mago Oh largo su gli
Page 102 and 103:
Air Autore del Mago Siede in riva a
Page 104 and 105:
II Passo di Roncisvalle DALLO SPAGN
Page 106 and 107:
Passo di Roncisvalle Le tre fu la r
Page 108 and 109:
Passo di Roncisvalle Fra la strage
Page 110 and 111:
Passo di Roncisvalle Maledia cavali
Page 112 and 113:
Passo di Roncisvalle Cavaliere d 9
Page 114 and 115:
Passo di Roncisvalle Lo becco ch 9
Page 116 and 117:
Passo di Roncisvalle Do la colpa al
Page 118 and 119:
NelP Annuale Delia Fondazione di Ro
Page 120 and 121:
questa Roma del Fbro tuo solitudine
Page 122 and 123:
Ecco, a te questa, Roma che tu di /
Page 124 and 125:
Roma O Italia^ o Roma ! quel giorno
Page 126 and 127:
Alle Fonti Del Clitumno Ancor dal m
Page 128 and 129:
Alle Fonti Del Clitumno pensoso il
Page 130 and 131:
Primo Vere Ecco : di braccio al pig
Page 132 and 133:
Primo Vere Ne /' addormito spirito
Page 134 and 135:
Ave IN MORTE DI G. P. Or che le nev
Page 136 and 137:
Ave noi penseremO) o tenero^ a te n
Page 138 and 139:
Piemonte Su le dentate scintillanti
Page 140 and 141:
Piemonte Scendono pieni, rapidi, ga
Page 142 and 143:
Piemonte Cuneo possente e paz'iente
Page 144 and 145:
egli gridava a9 Piemonte dissueti o
Page 146 and 147:
Piemonte suon de la prima italica v
Page 148 and 149:
Piemonte a gll accorrenti cavalieri
Page 150 and 151:
Piemonte E lo aspettava la brumal N
Page 152 and 153:
Piemonte Su gli occhl spenti scese
Page 154 and 155:
Piemonte per II dolore che le regge
Page 156 and 157:
1 The Church of Polenta Lonely and
Page 158 and 159:
The Church of Polenta Beauty is but
Page 160 and 161:
The Church of Polenta While the sun
Page 162 and 163:
The Church of Polenta To the Byzant
Page 164 and 165:
The Church of Polenta And o'er the
Page 166 and 167:
The Church of Polenta While the sup
Page 168 and 169:
1 The Church of Polenta So, In the
Page 170 and 171:
The Church of Polenta Voice of her
Page 172 and 173:
The Church of Polenta Silent the be
Page 174 and 175:
Near a Monastery From the greenness
Page 176 and 177:
Ube i3rcsbam press, UNWIN BROTHERS,
show all

by GIOSUE CARDUCCI - World eBook Library

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

Delete template?

Save as template?