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The only Island on Lake Como the Lake Larius of the Romans	A
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There sleeps beneath Italian skies	B
A lovely island rich in fame	C
In days of old a longed for prize	B
And bearing still an honored name	C
A spot renowned from age to age	D
An ancient Roman heritage	E
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A valued stronghold for whose sake	F
Unnumbered men have fought and died	G
The Malta of the Larian lake	F
Forever armed and fortified	G
To Como's shores the master key	H
The guardian of its liberty	H
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Half hidden in a sheltered bay	I
Where tiny skiffs at anchor ride	G
How different is the scene to day	I
Reflected in its waveless tide	G
From that which this historic foss	J
Showed mailed soldiers of the Cross	K
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Yet still across the narrow strait	L
Some remnants of the hospice stand	M
Whose ever hospitable gate	L
Met pilgrims from the Holy Land	M
Its finely carved millennial tower	N
Enduring to the present hour	N
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One gem alone doth Como wear	O
None other need adorn her breast	P
'Tis this her emerald solitaire	O
Her unique island of the blest	P
The star beside her crescent shore	Q
A thing of beauty evermore	Q
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On Comacina's peaceful strand	M
The coldest heart is moved to pray	I
As softly steals o'er lake and land	M
The splendor of departing day	I
And scores of snowy peaks aspire	R
To sparkle with supernal fire	N
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Then Lario paints for liquid miles	S
The white robed monarchs' glittering crowns	T
Transmutes at once to dimpled smiles	S
The sternest of their glacial frowns	T
And often holds with subtlest art	U
Some Titan's likeness to her heart	U
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Fair Comacina through whose trees	V
Earth's feathered songsters flit unharmed	W
Where soft eyed cattle graze at ease	V
And every whispering breeze seems charmed	W
Can it be true that human blood	X
Hath ever stained thy limpid flood	X
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Alas too often drenched with gore	Q
Thy cliffs have witnessed deadly strife	Y
When hostile feet profaned thy shore	Q
And each advancing step cost life	Y
As prince and peasant side by side	G
Beat back the Goths' invading tide	G
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But why disturb the silent past	Z
Why rouse the island's sleeping ghosts	A2
Or see in forms by ruins cast	Z
The phantoms of those warlike hosts	A2
For centuries the gentle waves	B2
Have rolled oblivion o'er their graves	B2
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And what will now thy future be	H
Thou pristine refuge of the brave	C2
Which Rome's last heroes fought to free	H
And vainly gave their lives to save	C2
Forget not thou wast once a gem	D2
That graced a Caesar's diadem	D2
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Wilt thou fulfil my fondest hopes	E2
I sometimes long to check the stream	F2
Of tourists hurrying by thy slopes	E2
And tell them of my cherished dream	F2
To see upon thy storied height	G2
A palace worthy of the site	G2
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Not meaningless not merely vast	Z
Nor crudely modern in design	H2
But something suited to thy past	Z
For highest art a hallowed shrine	H2
A classic home of long ago	I2
The Tusculum of Cicero	I2
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Then roses rich in sweet perfume	J2
Shall wreathe with bloom each terraced wall	K2
And scattered through the leafy gloom	J2
Of olive groves and laurels tall	K2
Shall many a marble nymph and faun	H2
Grow lovelier from the flush of dawn	H2
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So let me dream I may not see	H
That stately palace crown thy brow	L2
Those roses may not bloom for me	H
But as thou art I love thee now	L2
Content thy future to resign	H2
To abler portraiture than mine	H2
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Sweet Comacina fare thee well	M2
Across the water's placid breast	P
The music of the vesper bell	M2
Invites me to my port of rest	P
Fair jewel of this inland sea	H
May all the gods be good to thee	H

John L. Stoddard

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