English poem
Voice Of God
by Giosuè Carducci (1835–1907)
Hark! In the temple the voice of God is sounding. “O people of one speech and one endeavour Yours is the land with my best gifts abounding Whereon the smile of heaven is resting ever!
“Away the armed hosts your gates surrounding! The barbarous hordes that come your speech to sever, To raze the fortunes of your fathers' founding, And call you slaves! That will I pardon never!
“Rather within your tombs the flame be stirred As from an awful flash in heaven burning, Such as gave forth the Maccabean's word.” Hail Voice divine! be ours the quick discerning Of what thy message means: in thee be heard Savonarola's spirit to us returning!
JUVENILIA.