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L'infinito

Giacomo Leopardi

Form
Form Poem
Year
Year 1819
Originally in
Originally in Italian
Pages
Pages 1

Seated behind a hedge on a lonely hill, a poet lets the thought of endless space and silence drown his mind, and finds the shipwreck sweet.

So my mind sinks in this immensity: and foundering is sweet in such a sea.
L'infinito, Giacomo Leopardi

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