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On the classic shore of Como	A
'Neath a headland steep and bold	B
Which though leaden at the dawning	C
In the sunset turns to gold	B
Nestles beautiful Varenna	D
Still invested with renown	D
By the legend that connects it	E
With the Lombards' Iron Crown	D
	-
Far above it on the mountain	D
Stands the castle old and gray	F
With its battlements in ruin	D
And its towers in decay	F
But a subtle charm still lingers	G
Round that residence sublime	H
And the beauty of its story	I
Is triumphant over time	H
	-
As we trace its ancient pavement	J
As we tread its roofless halls	K
How alluring is the figure	L
Which this castle still recalls	K
For 'tis Queen Theodelinda	J
Whom its ruined arches frame	M
And the passing breeze seems laden	D
With the music of her name	M
	-
As we gaze from ivied ramparts	N
On the storied lake below	A
We forget the world about us	O
For the world of long ago	A
When the Lombards had descended	J
From the mountains to the plain	D
And all Italy lay mourning	C
For the thousands of her slain	D
	-
When their brave ambitious leader	L
Not content to make his home	P
By these northern lakes of beauty	J
Had resolved to capture Rome	P
For no longer could her legions	Q
His resistless course withstand	J
And the road lay open southward	J
To the conquest of the land	J
	-
When his valiant host stood ready	J
And impatient for the start	J
What reversed their king's decision	D
What so changed the warlord's heart	J
'Twas the passionate entreaty	J
Of his wife a Christian queen	D
'Twas the conquest of the pagan	D
By the lowly Nazarene	D
	-
Through her prayers Rome's aged Pontiff	R
From the threatened doom was freed	J
By her aid the Church was strengthened	J
As the king professed its creed	J
And Saint Peter's great successor	L
Thus preserved from grievous loss	S
Gave to her his faithful daughter	L
A true relic of the Cross	S
	-
What to pious Theodelinda	J
Could be recompense more sweet	J
Than the nail forever sacred	J
That once pierced her Saviour's feet	J
Which when rounded to a circlet	J
To fine wire beaten down	D
Then became the precious basis	O
Of the Lombards' Iron Crown	D
	-
Through the ages that have followed	J
What a line of the Renowned	J
Have been proud to wear this emblem	T
As they each in turn were crowned	J
Charlemagne Charles Fifth Napoleon	D
German Kaisers by the score	U
And at last poor King Umberto	J
Basely slain at Monza's door	U
	-
Since that coronet was fashioned	J
Fifteen centuries have passed	J
O'er the castle by Lake Como	J
Where the good queen breathed her last	J
But the Crown is still at Monza	O
And its iron basic line	D
Tells the world of human glory	J
And the death of the Divine	D

John L. Stoddard

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