Italy: A Poem

Æneid age to age AMALFI ancient beautiful beneath blood Boccaccio BOLOGNA breathed called Catullus church Cimabue City cliff clouds comes cried cross dead death delight Doge door dream drew dusk till dawn earth ELEONORA DI TOLEDO entered ere long eyes father fear fell fled Florence gate gazed GENOA glimmering gold Gondolier gone groves hadst hand heard heart heaven holy hour ITALY La Scala lake length light lived look lost night noble noblest numbered o'er once Padua palaces passed Petrarch pleasure Pompeii ROME rose round sacred sail seen sigh silent sitting sleep smile song soon splendour stir stood stranger sung temple thee thine things thou art thought thro Titian tomb tower traveller turned Twas Venetian VENICE Verdea verse VILLA MADAMA VIRGIL voice walls wander waves whence wild young youth