The Poems of Giacomo Leopardi

THE POEMS OF GIACOMO LEOPARDI

TRANSLATED BY FREDERICK TOWNSEND

NEW YORK AND LONDON G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS The Knickerbocker Press 1887

COPYRIGHT BY R. T. TOWNSEND 1887

Press of G. P. Putnam’s Sons New York

TO M. N. M. SISTER OF THE TRANSLATOR THESE POEMS ARE AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED BY THE EDITOR

PREFACE.

Giacomo Leopardi is a great name in Italy among ...