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SAPPHO'S LAST SONG by GIACOMO LEOPARDI

Poem Explanation

First Line: PEACEFUL NIGHT, SHAMEFACED LIGHT
Last Line: AND TO BLACK NIGHT, AND THE SPEECHLESS SHORE

Poem Sources:

LEOPARDI; SELECTED POEMS. TRANSLATED BY EAMON GRENNAN.
  LEOPARDI, GIACOMO
  (1997)
 



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