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THE SICILIAN by GEORGE EDWARD WOODBERRY

First Line: HIS GOLDEN FACE, UN TIPO
Last Line: A CLASSIC OF THE SOIL.
Subject(s): BEAUTY; SICILY;
HIS golden face, @3un tipo@1,
Was minted like a coin;
On the reverse @3un toro@1, --
So stood his neck and loin.
The bull of Agrigentum
A thousand years had ploughed
The furrow of his fathers, --
@3Per Baccho!@1 he was proud!

To the beautiful old ages
His line ran straight and true;
His blood coursed like the clover-tops
Beneath his cheeks' bronze hue;
And all his skin was polished brown,
And muscled hard with toil;
And when he turned his back, @3Ecco!@1
A classic of the soil.



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