To Italy

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow * Track #316 On The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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To Italy by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Italy! Italy! thou who'rt doomed to wear
&nbsp The fatal gift of beauty, and possess
&nbsp The dower funest of infinite wretchedness
&nbsp Written upon thy forehead by despair;
Ah! would that thou wert stronger, or less fair.
&nbsp That they might fear thee more, or love thee less,
&nbsp Who in the splendor of thy loveliness
&nbsp Seem wasting, yet to mortal combat dare!
Then from the Alps I should not see descending
&nbsp Such torrents of armed men, nor Gallic horde
&nbsp Drinking the wave of Po, distained with gore,
Nor should I see thee girded with a sword
&nbsp Not thine, and with the stranger's arm contending,
&nbsp Victor or vanquished, slave forever more.

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