O star of morning and of liberty!
O bringer of the light, whose splendor shines
Above the darkness of the Apennines,
Forerunner of the day that is to be!
The voices of the city and the sea,
The voices of the mountains and the pines,
Repeat thy song, till the familiar lines
Are footpaths for the thought of Italy!
Thy fame is blown abroad from all the heights,
Through all the nations, and a sound is heard,
As of a mighty wind, and men devout,
Strangers of Rome, and the new proselytes,
In their own language hear thy wondrous word,
And many are amazed and many doubt.
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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I forgot how much I loved Paradise...
ReplyDeleteThough, one question, his heavenly sphere seems very localized to Italy, can you explain why he is centering the universal Heaven in one particular country?
Or am I missing something?