Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Italy: Vols. XI–XIII. 1876–79. | | | | Rome, the Campagna | | Roman Villeggiatura | | Silius Italicus (c. 28–c. 103) |
| | Translated by Joseph Addison
ALL shun the raging dog-star’s sultry heat, | |
| And from the half-unpeopled town retreat; | |
| Some hid in Nemi’s gloomy forests lie; | |
| To Palestrina some for shelter fly; | |
| Others, to catch the breeze of breathing air, | 5 |
| To Tusculum or Algido repair, | |
| Or in moist Tivoli’s retirements find | |
| A cooling shade and a refreshing wind. | | | | |
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