Tu spiegherai, Colombo, a un novo polo Lontane sì le fortunate antenne, Ch'a pena seguirà con gli occhi il volo La Fama, ch' hà mille occhi e mille penne. Canti ella Alcide, e Bacco; e di te solo Basti a i posteri tuoi, ch' alquanto accenne: Chè quel poco darà lunga memoria Di poema degnissima, e d'istoria. In preparing this work for publication it seems proper to offer some observations explanatory of its design. The classical reader will perceive the obstacles which necessarily presented themselves in reconciling the nature of the subject with such a manner of treating it as should appear the most poetical, and at the same time the most likely to arrive at that degree of dig…
Or read it translated: 日本語 · 中文 · हिन्दी · Español · العربية · Français · বাংলা · Português · Русский · Bahasa Indonesia · اردو · Deutsch · Kiswahili · 한국어