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SONG OF FIESOLE by AGNES KENDRICK GRAY

First Line: FIESOLE, FIESOLE
Last Line: I LEFT MY HEART WITH YOU!
Subject(s): FLORENCE, ITALY;

Fiesole, Fiesole,
Above the Tuscan towers
Of grey Firenze at your feet,
Your bells have clanged the hours

Of dark decades and stirring years --
But now you lie at ease,
Fiesole, Fiesole,
Among your olive trees.

Once, high above the Arno banks,
I climbed your hill in spring,
And graven as on gold remains
That upward wandering.

The wild-flowers led me on the slopes
Like Ariadne's clue --
And at the crest, Fiesole,
I left my heart with you!



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