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by Giosuè Carducci (1835 - 1907)

Profonda, solitaria, immensa notte
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Profonda, solitaria, immensa notte;
Visibil sonno del divin creato
Su le montagne già dal fulmin rotte,
Su le terre che l'uomo ha seminato;
Alte dai casti lumi ombre interrotte;
Cielo vasto, pacifico, stellato;
Lucide forme belle, al vostro fato,
Equabilmente, arcanamente addotte;
Luna, e tu che i sereni e freddi argenti
Antica peregrina ai petti mesti
Ed a' lieti dispensi indifferente:
Che misteri, che orror, dite, son questi?
Che siam, povera razza dei viventi?
Ma tu, bruta quiete, immobil resti.

Text Authorship:

  • by Giosuè Carducci (1835 - 1907) [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 Sebastiano Caltabiano (1899 - ?), "Profonda, solitaria, immensa notte" [ sung text verified 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: 80

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