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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.

Text 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]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

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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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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2003-11-02
Line count: 14
Word count: 90

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