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Oscar Wilde - ItaliaOscar Wilde - Italia
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.         ITALIA! thou art fallen, though with sheen            Of battle-spears thy clamorous armies stride            From the north Alps to the Sicilian tide!          Ay! fallen, though the nations hail thee Queen          Because rich gold in every town is seen,            And on thy sapphire lake in tossing pride            Of wind-filled vans thy myriad galleys ride          Beneath one flag of red and white and green.          O Fair and Strong! O Strong and Fair in vain!            Look southward where Rome`s desecrated town                          Lies mourning for her God-anointed King!          Look heaven-ward! shall God allow this thing?            Nay! but some flame-girt Raphael shall come down,            And smite the Spoiler with the sword of pain.
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