Lombardy. James Thomson (1700-1748). Lombardy. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. 1876-79. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes. Italy: Vols. XI-XIII

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Italy: Vols. XI–XIII. 1876–79.

Lombardy

James Thomson (1700–1748)


(From Liberty) BEYOND the rugged Apennines, that roll
Far through Italian bounds their wavy tops,
My path, too, I with public blessings strowed;
Free states and cities, where the Lombard plain,
In spite of culture negligent and gross,	5
From her deep bosom pours unbidden joys,
And green o’er all the land a garden spreads.