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First Line: I cannot count the years
Last Line: Italia, italia shall be free!
Subject(s): Faith; Freedom; Italy; Belief; Creed; Liberty; Italians


I CANNOT count the years,
That you will drink, like me,
The cup of blood and tears,
Ere she to you appears: --
Italia, Italia shall be free!

You dedicate your lives
To her, and you will be
The food on which she thrives,
Till her great day arrives: --
Italia, Italia shall be free!

She asks you but for faith!
Your faith in her takes she
As draughts of heaven's breath,
Amid defeat and death: --
Italia, Italia shall be free!

I enter the black boat
Upon the wide grey sea,
Where all her set suns float;
Thence hear my voice remote: --
Italia, Italia shall be free!




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