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The three hundred and sixty-six poems of the Canzoniere with occasional footnotes and an introductory selection.

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Section I Poems 1 to 61 Section II Poems 62 to 122 Section III Poems 123 to 183 Section IV Poems 184 to 244 Section V Poems 245 to 305 Section VI Poems 306 to 366...

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A selection of poems from Early and Renaissance Italy. Including translations of poems by Guido Cavalcanti, Lorenzo de Medici, Poliziano, Michelangelo, Vittoria Colonna, Gaspara Stampa, and Tasso....

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Jacopo Da Lentino (c1200-1250) I have placed my heart in God’s service Pier Della Vigne (1190-1249?) Love in whom I hope and desire, Anonymous Go now my love, goodbye now, Guido Cavalcanti (c1255-1300) You have, in you, the leaves and flowers Who is this that comes and all admire her, Fresh new rose O, my lady, have you not seen One Deep in thoughts of love, I came As I’ve no hope of returning ever, Lapo Gianni (c1250-1328?) The thought my heart nourishes is sweet, Cino Da Pistoia (c1270-1337) In the meadow I gaze at each white flower, I was on the high and blessed hill, Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) Guido, I wish that Lapo, you, and I, Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375) Now, my dear lord, you are gone Lorenzo De Medici (1449-1492) How beautiful our Youth is Angelo Poliziano (1454-1494) Hear, woods, my words of sweetness I found myself, one morning, maidens, Love, I thank you, Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) I have bought you, at no small cost, Love, tell me please, if it’s with my eyes Lady, as one fancies there to be The best of sculptors has not one idea Vittoria Colonna (1490-1547) I live upon thi...

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Fifty poems from the early 20th Century by Umberto Saba, Dino Campana, Giuseppe Ungaretti, Salvatore Quasimodo, and Eugenio Montale.

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Introduction Umberto Saba (1883-1957) Trieste Winter Noon Ulysses Whitethorn Our Moment The Leaf Nietzsche Drunken Songs Via del Monte Dino Campana (1885-1932) Autumn Garden (Florence) Ligurian Evening To A Steely-Eyed Whore The Night Of the Fair The Chimera Voyage to Montevideo I loved You Over The Most Illustrious Of Landscapes Giuseppe Ungaretti (1888-1970) You Broke Yourself He Was Called Nostalgia Once upon a Time You Have Closed Your Eyes O Night Silence The Joy of the Shipwrecked Salvatore Quasimodo (1901-1968) Ancient Winter Hermaphrodite Worm Aries The Eucalyptus Green Drift Motion of Stars And Stillness April Returning What Do You Wish, Shepherd Of Air? The Gentle Hill Ulysses’ Isle And Your Dress Is White I Fled My Companions Too Eugenio Montale (1896-1981) Arsenio The Eel If They Have Likened You The Coastguards’ House The Storm Two In Twilight Waterfront In Sleep Bring Me The Sunflower Motets I Mediterranean The Lemon Trees...

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Thirty-six selected poems including a new translation of 'Donna me prega'.

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‘Fresca rosa novella’ Fresh new rose ‘Avete ’n vo’ li fior’ e la verdura’ You have, in you, the leaves and flowers ‘Biltà di donna e di saccente core’ A woman’s charms, her perceptive heart ‘Chi è questa che vèn, ch’ogn’om la mira’ Who is this that comes and all admire her, ‘Li mie' foll' occhi, che prima guardaro’ My lovesick eyes that first gazed ‘Deh, spiriti miei, quando mi vedete’ Ah, my spirit, when you see me ‘L’anima mia vilment’ è sbigotita’ My spirit is so vilely distressed ‘Tu m'hai sì piena di dolor la mente’ You have filled my mind with such distress ‘Perché non fuoro a me gli occhi dispenti’ Why were my eyes not quenched, ‘Se Mercé fosse amica a’ miei disiri’ If Mercy were the friend of my desires, ‘A me stesso di me pietate vène’ Pity for myself, from my self again, ‘S’io prego questa donna che Pietate’ If I should beg this lady that true pity ‘O tu, che porti nelli occhi sovente’ O you who often bear Love in your eyes ‘O donna mia, non vedestù colui’ O, my lady, have you not seen One ‘Io vidi li occhi dove Amor si mise’ I saw the eyes where Love resides, ‘Un amoroso sguardo spiritale’ A...

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Selected poems by Salvatore Quasimodo.

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Wind at Tindari Street in Agrigentum Nostalgia and Regret Lament for the South Mirror On the Island Metamorphoses in the Urn of the Saint ‘Already the rain is with us’ The Submerged Oboe Now Autumn Enemy of Death Refuge of Nocturnal Birds The Sea Still Sounds Imitation Of Joy Horses of Volcanoes And The Moon Alleyway Without Memory Of Death Grown Dark And Tall The Birth Of Song Autumn Freshness Of Rivers In Sleep Grant Me My Day Epitaph for Bice Donetti A Burial Sings in Me Almost A Madrigal Poetry Of Love Dialogue The Magpie Mocks Summer Man of My Time Auschwitz Suddenly It’s Evening To My Father...

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Selected Poems by Eugenio Montale.

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I Recall Your Smile To Rest In The Shade Evil, I’ve Often Encountered The Hope Even Of Seeing You Again Happiness Is Achieved Walking Thus To Rest In The Shade Perhaps One Morning Walking Day And Night The House By The Sea Another Effect Of The Moon Fresh Stanzas Near Vienna The Well Bagni di Lucca The Repertoire Dora Markus The Shadow Of The Magnolia Hitlerian Spring News From Mount Amiata Little Testament Index of First Lines...

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The poems of the Canti below are complete but not in their originally published order. I have taken the liberty of re-arranging them into four groups, Personal (Poems 1-11), Philosophical (12-24), ‘Romantic’ (25-34), and Political (35-41). These categories are not exact, as Leopardi frequently blends elements together in the one poem, but they may help the reader, as they helped me, to adjust to his variations in style. The original published position of each poem is given in Roman numerals in the brackets following the poem’s title....

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1. To Silvia (XXI) 2. The Infinite (XII) 3. The Evening Of The Holiday (XIII) 4. To the Moon (XIV) 5. Saturday Night In The Village (XXV) 6. To Himself (XXVIII) 7. Night-Song Of A Wandering Shepherd of Asia (XXIII) 8. First Love (X) 9. The Solitary Bird (XI) 10. Imitation (XXXV) 11. Scherzo (XXXVI) 12. Moon-Set (XXXII) 13. Wild Broom (XXXIV) 14. The Calm After The Storm (XXIV) 15. Masterful Thought (XXVI) 16. Love And Death (XXVII) 17. Bas-Relief On An Ancient Tomb (XXX) 18. On A Lovely Lady’s Image (XXX1) 19. To Spring (or Of The Ancient Myths) (VII) 20. Hymn To The Patriarchs (VIII) 21. Sappho’s Last Song (IX) 22. To Count Carlo Pepoli (XIX) 23. Fragment (From Simonides I: XL) 24. Fragment (From Simonides II:XLI) 25. The Dream (XV) 26. The Solitary Life (XVI) 27. To His Lady (XVIII) 28. Memories (XXII) 29. The Re-awakening (Il Risorgimento: XX) 30. Consalvo (XVII) 31. Aspasia (XXIX) 32. Fragment (Alcetas and Melissus: XXXVII) 33. Fragment (Separation: XXXVIII) 34. Fragment (Turned to Stone: XXXIX) 35. To Italy (I) 36. On the Proposed Dante Monument in Florence (II) 37. To Angelo Mai (III) 38. F...