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TO ITALY by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY

Poet Analysis

First Line: AS THE SUNRISE TO THE NIGHT
Last Line: BE THOSE HOPES AND FEARS ON THEE.
Subject(s): ITALY; ITALIANS;
As the sunrise to the night,
As the north wind to the clouds,
As the earthquake's fiery flight,
Ruining mountain solitudes,
Everlasting Italy,
Be those hopes and fears on thee.



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