Francis Henry Cliffe translates the poems of Giacomo Leopardi, born at Recanati in 1798 to a learned count with a splendid library. A life of the poet introduces lyrics that meditate on nature’s indifference, the vanity of human hope, lost youth and the beauty that persists amid the ruin of the world.
An English version of the greatest Italian poet of the nineteenth century. Download the free EPUB.