Giacomo Leopardi image
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Born in June 29, 1798 / Died in June 14, 1837 / Italy / Italian

Poems by Giacomo Leopardi

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Infinite

... g plants which surround me, a voice from the inner depths of spirit shakes the certitudes of thought ...

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To Himself

... Now despise Yourself, nature, the sinister ...

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To Silvia

... that side the mountains, this side the far-off sea ...

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To the Moon

... How welcome In that youthful time -when hope's span is long, ...

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To The Beloved

...   From here, where brief and wretched are our days, ...

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To Count Carlo Pepoli

...   Through toil or sweat, through peril, or through care ...

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Love And Death

...   Whom heaven with peace and length of days doth bless ...

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To A Victor In A Game Of Pallone

...   Thou once through her mightst have acquired renown, ...

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The Lonely Sparrow

...   They pleasant looks exchange, and in their hearts ...

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Aspasia

...   The earth, the heavens transfigured seemed to me, ...

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To His Sister Paolina,

...   How lovely wast thou, in thy youth's sweet prime, ...

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To His Lady

... where light and nature's laughter shine more lovely&mdash ...

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On The Portrait Of A Beautiful Woman,

...   The hand it clasped, with trembling joy would thrill ...

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On Dante's Monument, 1818

...   And die for _her_, who caused our country's death!" ...

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Scherzo

... "   "We _should_, indeed, but have no time to spare ...