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TO EMMA ISOLA by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR

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First Line: ETRURIAN DOMES, PELASGIAN WALLS
Last Line: ANSOMIA! THAT ERE SPRANG FROM THEE.

Etrurian domes, Pelasgian walls,
Sive fountains, with their nymphs around,
Terraced and citron-scented halls,
Skies smiling upon scented walls;

The giant Alps, averse to France,
Pant with impatient pride to those,
Calling the Briton to advance
Amid eternal rocks and snows.

I dare not bid him stay behind,
I dare not tell him where to see
The fairest form, the purest mind,
Ansomia! that ere sprang from thee.



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