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by Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863 - 1938)

Morgana
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Or tremule, su i mar e su le arene,
Crescon ne la lunare alba le imagi:
Materiati d'oro alti palagi
E torri ingenti assai più che Pirene.
Salgono scale in luminose ambagi
Con inteste di fior lunghe catene.
Come navi in balìa de le sirene,
Ondeggiano le pendule compagi;
Poi che Morgana, in dolce atto giacente
Ne 'l letto de la nube solitaria,
Quasi ebra di quel suo divin lavoro,
Ama, seguendo un carme ne la mente,
Cullare de le man languide a l'aria
La città da le mille scale d'oro.

Text Authorship:

  • by Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863 - 1938) [author's text not yet checked 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):

  • by Gian Francesco Malipiero (1882 - 1973), "Morgana", 1914, from I sonetti delle fate, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 91

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