Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Italy: Vols. XI–XIII. 1876–79. | | | | Florence | | Florence | | Piero de’ Medici (1416–1469) |
| | Translated by Capel Lofft
DERIVED from thee, O Florence, and thy son, | |
| Be toucht, dear land, a little for thy child! | |
| Seem to his woes compassionate and mild, | |
| Since in thy arms his life was first begun | |
| And cherisht. From our birth our fate must run | 5 |
| Assigned; as to the bird his wood-notes wild, | |
| And flight!—but of whatever hopes beguiled, | |
| In this one instance my request be done: | |
| That not in death, as in my griefs, alone, | |
| However long estranged from thee I rove, | 10 |
| Thee in my ashes I may call my own, | |
| Reposing by that father whom I love, | |
| By whom so high thy fame and worth have flown. | |
| Grant this sole boon, whatever thou remove. | | | | |
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