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NIGHT SONG OF A NOMADIC SHEPHERD IN ASIA by GIACOMO LEOPARDI

Poem Explanation

First Line: MOON, MOON OF SILENCE, WHAT ARE YOU DOING
Last Line: ITS BIRTH DAY IS A DAY TO MOURN

Poem Sources:

LEOPARDI; SELECTED POEMS. TRANSLATED BY EAMON GRENNAN.
  LEOPARDI, GIACOMO
  (1997)
 



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