Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Italy: Vols. XI–XIII. 1876–79. | | | | Alban Hills | | Monte Sacro | | John Nichol (1833–1894) |
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THE SACRED Mount, | |
| Crowned with the citadel of Latin Jove, | |
| Hangs o’er Alba’s Lake, and o’er the towers | |
| Older than Rome, their daughter. On its slopes | |
| Aricia smiles, and stately Tusculum. | 5 |
| Beneath us Gabii, and, in shrouded sheen, | |
| Regillus, famed for Tarquin’s overthrow. | |
| Northward leans Tibur o’er her cataract,— | |
| Fortress of Sabine wars. Fidenæ there, | |
| And farther, Veii melts into the shade. | 10 | | | |
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