Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Italy: Vols. XI–XIII. 1876–79. | | | | Venice | | When through the Piazzetta | | Thomas Moore (1779–1852) |
| | | WHEN through the Piazzetta | |
| Night breathes her cool air, | |
| Then, dearest Ninetta, | |
| I ’ll come to thee there. | |
| Beneath thy mask shrouded, | 5 |
| I ’ll know thee afar, | |
| As Love knows, though clouded, | |
| His own Evening Star. | |
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| In garb, then, resembling | |
| Some gay gondolier, | 10 |
| I ’ll whisper thee, trembling, | |
| “Our bark, love, is near: | |
| Now, now, while there hover | |
| Those clouds o’er the moon, | |
| ’T will waft thee safe over | 15 |
| Yon silent Lagoon.” | | | | |
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