The Evening Of The Holiday

The Evening Of The Holiday by Giacomo Leopardi   The night is mild and clear, and without wind, And o’er the roofs, and o’er the gardens round The moon shines soft, and from afar reveals Each

The Dream

The Dream by Giacomo Leopardi   It was the morning; through the shutters closed, Along the balcony, the earliest rays Of sunlight my dark room were entering; When, at the time that sleep upon our eyes

Fragments

Fragments by Giacomo Leopardi   I round the threshold wandering here, Vainly the tempest and the rain invoke, That they may keep my lady prisoner.   And yet the wind was howling in the woods, The