Count Giacomo Leopardi
Who is Count Giacomo Leopardi
Count Giacomo Taldegardo Francesco di Sales Saverio Pietro Leopardi (US: , Italian: [ˈdʒaːkomo leoˈpardi]; 29 June 1798 – 14 June 1837) was an Italian philosopher, poet, essayist, and philologist. He is considered the greatest Italian poet of the nineteenth century and one of the most important figures in the literature of the world, as well as one of the principals of literary romanticism; his constant reflection on existence and on the human condition—of sensuous and materialist inspiration—has also earned him a reputation as a deep philosopher. He is widely seen as one of the most radical and challenging thinkers of the 19th century but routinely compared by Italian critics to his older contemporary Alessandro Manzoni despite expressing "diametrically opposite positions." Alth...
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Count Giacomo Leopardi Poems
- On An Old Sepuchral Bas-relief
WHERE IS SEEN A YOUNG MAIDEN, DEAD, IN THE ACT OF DEPARTING,
TAKING LEAVE OF HER FAMILY.
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- The Evening Of The Holiday
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 mountain-peak serene. O lady, mine,
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- On The Portrait Of A Beautiful Woman,
CARVED ON HER MONUMENT.
Such _wast_ thou: now in earth below,
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- The Last Song Of Sappho
Thou tranquil night, and thou, O gentle ray
Of the declining moon; and thou, that o'er
The rock appearest, 'mid the silent grove,
The messenger of day; how dear ye were,
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- Palinodia
TO THE MARQUIS GINO CAPPONI.
I was mistaken, my dear Gino. Long
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- Ancientawakener: maybe if i had wings
to fly above the clouds
and count the stars out one by one,
or, like thunder, graze from peak to peak
i’d be happier, my gentle flock,
happier, bright moon.
- giacomo leopardi, night song of a wandering shepherd in asia
- Newhorizonsfcc: children find everything in nothing; men, nothing in everything.
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count giacomo taldegardo francesco di sales saverio pietro leopardi (29 june 1798 – 14 june 1837) was an italian philosopher, poet, essayist, and philologist.
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- Ozannemichael: giacomo leopardi
("i heard he was a count"... "i thought he was alright...")
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