| Higginson and Bigelow, comps. American Sonnets. 1891. | | | | Genoa | | By William Gibson (1826–1887) |
| | | GENTLY, as roses die, the day declines; | |
| On the charmed air there is a hush the while; | |
| And delicate are the twilight tints that smile | |
| Upon the summits of the Apennines. | |
| The moon is up; and o’er the warm wave shines | 5 |
| A fairy bridge of light, whose beams beguile | |
| The fancy to some secret summer isle | |
| Where Love may dwell, which only Love divines. | |
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| The blue light of Italian summer falls | |
| Around us; over the crystalline swell | 10 |
| I see the lamps lit in her tier of halls | |
| And bid to Genoa the Superb farewell. | |
| Home of Columbus! having dwelt in thee, | |
| I dream of undiscovered lands at sea! | | | | |
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