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LAST SONG OF SAPPHO by GIACOMO LEOPARDI

First Line: PEACEFUL NIGHT AND THE UNASSUMING GLEAM
Last Line: AND GOES TO SOMBRE NIGHT, AND THE SILENT SHORE
Subject(s): ITALIAN RENAISSANCE; SAPPHO (610-580 B.C.);

Poem Sources:

POEMS FROM ITALY. EDITED BY WILLIAM JAY SMITH & DANA GIOIA.
  SMITH, WILLIAM JAY (ED.)
  (1985)
 



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