English poem
Ruit Hora
by Giosuè Carducci (1835–1907)
O green and silent solitudes far from the rumours of men! Hither come to meet us true friends divine, O Lidia, Wine and love.
O tell me why the sea far under the flaming Hesperus Sends such mysterious moanings; and what songs are these, O Lidia, The pines are chanting?
See with what longing the hills stretch their arms to the setting sun! The shadow lengthens and holds them; they seem to be asking A last kiss, O Lidia!
ODI BARBARE.