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Giacomo Leopardi
1798 - 1837
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Aspasia
At times thy image to my mind returns, / Aspasia. In the crowded streets it gleams / Upon me, for an instant, as I pass,
Calm After Storm
The storm hath passed; / I hear the birds rejoice; the hen, / Returned into the road again,
Consalvo
Approaching now the end of his abode / On earth, Consalvo lay; complaining once, / Of his hard fate, but now quite reconciled,
Fragments
I. / I round the threshold wandering here, / Vainly the tempest and the rain invoke,
Hymn To The Patriarchs. Or Of The Beginnings Of The Human Race
Illustrious fathers of the human race, / Of you, the song of your afflicted sons / Will chant the praise; of you, more dear, by far,
Imitation
Wandering from the parent bough, / Little, trembling leaf, / Whither goest thou?
Love And Death
Children of Fate, in the same breath / Created were they, Love and Death. / Such fair creations ne'er were seen,
Night Song Of A Wandering Shepherd In Asia
What doest thou in heaven, O moon? / Say, silent moon, what doest thou? / Thou risest in the evening; thoughtfully
On An Old Sepulchral Bas-Relief
Where Is Seen A Young Maiden, Dead, In The Act Of Departing, Taking Leave Of Her Family. / Where goest thou? Who calls / Thee from my dear ones far away?
On Dante's Monument, 1818
(THEN UNFINISHED.) / Though all the nations now / Peace gathers under her white wings,
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