I salute thee, Mantovano,
I that loved thee since my day began,
Wielder of the stateliest measure
Ever moulded by the lips of man.


'To Virgil' (1882) st. 10


I salute thee, Mantovano, I that loved thee since my day began, Wielder of the stateliest measure Ever moulded by the lips of man.

I salute thee, Mantovano, I that loved thee since my day began, Wielder of the stateliest measure Ever moulded by the lips of man.

I salute thee, Mantovano, I that loved thee since my day began, Wielder of the stateliest measure Ever moulded by the lips of man.

I salute thee, Mantovano, I that loved thee since my day began, Wielder of the stateliest measure Ever moulded by the lips of man.