Poems by Giacomo Leopardi
Infinite
... g plants which surround me, a voice from the inner depths of spirit shakes the certitudes of thought ...
To Himself
... Now despise Yourself, nature, the sinister ...
To Silvia
... that side the mountains, this side the far-off sea ...
To the Moon
... How welcome In that youthful time -when hope's span is long, ...
To The Beloved
... From here, where brief and wretched are our days, ...
To Count Carlo Pepoli
... Through toil or sweat, through peril, or through care ...
Love And Death
... Whom heaven with peace and length of days doth bless ...
To A Victor In A Game Of Pallone
... Thou once through her mightst have acquired renown, ...
The Lonely Sparrow
... They pleasant looks exchange, and in their hearts ...
Aspasia
... The earth, the heavens transfigured seemed to me, ...
To His Sister Paolina,
... How lovely wast thou, in thy youth's sweet prime, ...
To His Lady
... where light and nature's laughter shine more lovely&mdash ...
On The Portrait Of A Beautiful Woman,
... The hand it clasped, with trembling joy would thrill ...
On Dante's Monument, 1818
... And die for _her_, who caused our country's death!" ...
Scherzo
... " "We _should_, indeed, but have no time to spare ...