• 1861
    over the dumb campagna-sea,
      Out in the offing through mist and rain,
    Saint Peter’s Church heaves silently
      Like a mighty ship in pain,
      Facing the tempest with struggle and strain.

    Motionless waifs of ruined towers,
      Soundless breakers of desolate land!
    The sullen surf of the mist devours
      That mountain-range...