This is the first poem in Giacomo Leopardi’s monumental Canti, in which he laments the fallen 300 Spartans battling at Thermopylae against Persia’s million-man army. He is using the contrast of the bravery and love of country of those mere 300 Greeks, and the memory …
Read MoreGiacomo Leopardi’s “The Infinite”
This is a meditative, philosophical poem by the Italian master, Giacomo Leopardi. My Translation The Infinite This lonely hill, always dear to me, And this hedge, that blocks so much The view of this endless horizon. But sitting in wonder, the boundless Spaces beyond, and …
Read MoreGiacomo Leopardi’s beautiful poem, “To the Moon”
This is a beautiful poem by Giacomo Leopardi (1798-1837) called “To the Moon.” Leopardi is considered by many to be the greatest modern Italian poet, though he has not often been translated into English, partly because of the difficulty in expressing his language in English. …
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