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Military life in Italy : sketches - Societa italiana di storia militare

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1 06 MILITAR Y LIFE.<br />

And the revellers :<br />

Che poeta bestiale !<br />

Che cane <strong>di</strong> tenor !<br />

And then a laugh Carluccio's small voice, tremulous and<br />

harmonious, was <strong>di</strong>st<strong>in</strong>ctly heard among all the others.<br />

Then the song began aga<strong>in</strong> :<br />

Ma pur mentr' io ti miro<br />

E canto e ti sorrido,<br />

Perche un lievo sospiro<br />

Come <strong>di</strong> mesto amor,<br />

E non <strong>di</strong> giola un grido<br />

Prorompe dal mio cor ?<br />

Then the chorus :<br />

Ti guardo,<br />

ti sorrido,<br />

Ma non ho lieto il cor.<br />

The tipplers<br />

:<br />

Invece io<br />

me la rido,<br />

E il<br />

partito miglior.<br />

At this po<strong>in</strong>t there was a great cl<strong>in</strong>k<strong>in</strong>g of glasses, and another<br />

loud outburst of laughter the sun had<br />

;<br />

<strong>di</strong>sappeared, and<br />

the breeze blew more freshly than ever.<br />

Ah !<br />

da questa contrada<br />

Che <strong>in</strong> noi si affida e spera<br />

Ah ! non la nostra spada,<br />

Non 1' italo valor,<br />

Ma una virtu straniera<br />

Cacciera 1'<br />

oppressor !<br />

Then the chorus :<br />

Quanto e mesta la sera<br />

Con tal presagio <strong>in</strong> cor !

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