by Folgore da San Geminiano (flourished 1309-1317)
D'Agosto
Language: Italian (Italiano)
D'agosto si vi do trenta castella In una valle d'alpe montanina, Che non vi possa vento de marina Per istar sani e chiari come stella; E palafreni de montare 'n sella, E cavalcar la sera e la matina, E l'una terra a l'altra sia vicina, Ch'un miglo sia la vostra giornatella, Tornando tutta via verso casa; E per la valle corra una fiumana, Che vada notte e di traente e rasa; E star nel fresco tutta meriggiana; La vostra borsa sempre a bocca pasa Per la miglor vivanda di Toscana.
Authorship:
- by Folgore da San Geminiano (flourished 1309-1317), "D'Agosto", appears in Sonetti dei mesi, no. 9 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- Also set in English, a translation by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828 - 1882) , "August", appears in The Early Italian Poets, in Of the Months, first published 1861 ; composed by Charles Edward Ives.
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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-02
Line count: 14
Word count: 90