Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Italy: Vols. XI–XIII. 1876–79. | | | | Florence | | San Miniato | | John Sterling (1806–1844) |
| | | WHILE slow on Miniato’s height I roam, | |
| And backward look to Brunelleschi’s dome, | |
| ’T is strange to think that here on many a day | |
| Old Michael Angelo has paced his way: | |
| And watching Florence, in his bosom found | 5 |
| A nobler world than that which lies around. | |
| To him, perhaps, the ghost of Dante came | |
| At sunset, with his pride of mournful fame. | |
| By me the twain, the bard and sculptor stand, | |
| With strong lip gazing and uplifted hand: | 10 |
| The great, the sad, fighters in ages past, | |
| With their full peace fill e’en the weak at last. | | | | |
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