Farewell To Italy

Alfred Austin 1835 (Leeds) – 1913 (Ashford)



Incomparable Italy, farewell!
Tears not unmanly trespass to the eyes,
From thy soft touch and glance unspeakable
Compelled to turn and suffer other skies.
E'en as I leave thee, the maternal vine
Under the weight of clustering fruitage bends;
And the plump fig, beyond where tendrils twine,
Shows greener, moister, as the sap ascends.
When I return, as I most surely will,
Me will salute the thirst-dispelling grape,
Purple or opal, and when noon is still,
The snow-cold fruit provoke permitted rape.
Even, dear land, flourish thy fortunes so,
Which, formed, need only interval to grow.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme ABCBDEDEFGFGHH
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 580
Words 98
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14

Alfred Austin

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