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With Pity's tender arms embrace
The orphans of a kindred race;
And in one zone of concord bind
The lawless spoilers of mankind:
—To sing in numbers boldly free
The wars and woes of liberty;
The glory of her triumphs tell,
Her nobler suffering when she fell,[1]
Girt with the phalanx of the brave,
Or widow'd on the patriot's grave,
Which tyrants tremble to pass by,
Ev'n on the car of Victory.
The orphans of a kindred race;
And in one zone of concord bind
The lawless spoilers of mankind:
—To sing in numbers boldly free
The wars and woes of liberty;
The glory of her triumphs tell,
Her nobler suffering when she fell,[1]
Girt with the phalanx of the brave,
Or widow'd on the patriot's grave,
Which tyrants tremble to pass by,
Ev'n on the car of Victory.
These are the Bard's sublimest views,
The angel visions of the Muse,
That o'er his morning slumbers shine;
These are his themes,—and these were mine.
The angel visions of the Muse,
That o'er his morning slumbers shine;
These are his themes,—and these were mine.
- ↑ 'Pui val d'ogni vittoria un bel soffrire.'
Gaetana Passerini.