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    Benchè adusta abbia la fronte,

    Con le curve opposte spalle

    Un'ombrosa opaca valle

    Cela il monte - al caldo sol:

    5Là dall'alto in giù cadendo

    Serpe un rio limpido e vago,

    Che...



  • Che fai, rosa deserta in su lo stelo,

    Mandando effluvi al cielo?

    Più il prato non s'infiora

    Di tue compagne, che l'està scolora:
    5Nè fiore alcuno, ovunque il guardo giri,

    Giunge a' tuoi le sue tinte e...


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  • Oh, Mr Gilhooley he turned up his toes,

    As most of you know, soon or late;

    And Jones was a lawyer, as everyone knows,

    So they took him to Gilhooley's Estate.


    Gilhooley in life had been living so free

    'Twas thought his possessions were great,

    So Jones, with a smile, says, "There's many a fee
    ...

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    If I eer Grow to Mans Estate

    O Give to me a Womans fate

    May I govern all both great & small

    Have the last word & take the wall