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For whereso'er I turn my ravished eyes, Gay gilded scenes and shining prospects rise; Poetic fields encompass me around, And still I seem to tread on classic ground.

Italy, my Italy! Queen Mary's saying serves for me-- -- Open my heart and you will see Graved inside of it, "Italy."

Italia! O Italia! thou who hast The fatal gift of beauty, which became A funeral dower of present woes and past, On thy sweet brow is sorrow plough'd by shame, And annals graved in characters of flame.

Beyond the Alps lies Italy.

Italy is only a geographical expression.

All Italians are plunderers. Not all but a good part.

On desperate seas long wont to roam, Thy hyacinth hair, thy classic face, Thy naiad airs have brought me home To the glory that was Greece And the grandeur that was Rome.

My soul to-day Is far away Sailing the Vesuvian Bay.

Lump the whole thing! say that the Creator made Italy from designs by Michel Angelo!