Oh! happy father of a race so noble!
Blest peace of mind! A tranquil sweetness glides
O’er all my yielding soul!
THE VANITY OF THE VULGAR GREAT.
A FRAGMENT FROM THE ITALIAN OF FULVIO TESTI.
Stay, thou ambitious rill—
Ignoble offspring of some fount impure!
Beneath the rugged hill
Gloomy with shade, thou hadst thy birth obscure;
With faint steps issuing slow,