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Lauretta's joyous song was ringing through all the chambers,

and Bice, bending over her frame, followed silent the work of the needle.

Odi Barbare.

XIX ON A SAINT PETER'S EVE

I remember the sun across the red vapours descending,

and falling into the sea like a great shield of brass,

which shines wavering over the bloody field of war,

then drops and is seen no more.

Little Castiglioncello, high amid heaps of oaks,