Produced by Delphine Lettau and the Online Distributed Proofreading Canada Team at http://www.pgdpcanada.net GOLDONI,--good, gay, sunniest of souls,-- Glassing half Venice in that verse of thine,-- What though it just reflect the shade and shine Of common life, nor render, as it rolls, Grandeur and gloom? Sufficient for thy shoals Was Carnival: Parini's depths enshrine Secrets unsuited to that opaline Surface of things which laughs along thy scrolls. There throng the People: how they come and go, Lisp the soft language, flaunt the bright garb,--see,-- On piazza, calle, under portico, And over bridge! Dear King of Comedy, Be honoured! Thou that didst love Venice so, …
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