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Alfred Austin - Chi È?
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When for a buonamano
 Cometh, at break of day,
 Knock at the terzo piano,
 A little voice answers, Chi è?
 ``I, the facchino, awaiting
 The bounty of cara lei.``
 She droppeth a paul through the grating,
 And silently steals away.

 When, with a long low mumble
 Of lips that appear to pray,
  There cometh a knock—so humble—
 The little voice answers, Chi è?
 ``I, the poor monk.`` Just a little
 She opens, but nought doth say;
 Gives him baiocchi or victual,
 And silently steals away.

 But when, as the shadows longer
 Stretch half athwart the way,
 There cometh a knock, much stronger,
 The little voice answers, Chi è?
 And when I answer, Io!
 No bolts nor bars delay;
 But, with the wild whisper, Ah Dio!
 We kiss, and we steal away.
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