On thee, a prophet worthy of better days,
With Dante and Vittorio shall be calling!
Juvenilia.
XXVIII IN SANTA CROCE
O great Ones born in that our Nation's hour
To which the world did long look back admiring
As to a springtime when the heavens' inspiring
Poured equal gifts of anger, love, and power,
For slavery has Italia sold her dower,
And feasts with those against her weal conspiring;