Excerpt from A Selection From the Poems of Giosue CarducciA daughter of the misty northern land, I bring this tribute frail to one who knew To touch the lyre with no uncertain hand And wake its ancient chords to music new. Forgive if only harsh strains I command To echo thy sweet music to the few Who fain thy lofty soul would understand, But to thy golden tongue have not the clue.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.