Vincenzo Monti died in October 1828:—his widow and his daughter reside, I believe, at Milan.

FOOTNOTES:

[89] Worn by the young men who are intended for the Church.

[90] Barry Cornwall.

[91] Opere Varie v. iii. This sonnet to his wife was written when Monti was ill at the house of his son-in-law, Count Perticari.

[92] Edit. 1826, vol. vi.

[93] In the original, Monti designates himself by an allusion to his chef-d'œuvre—"Del Cantor di Basville."

[94] Monti, Opere, vol. iii. p. 75.