Higginson and Bigelow, comps. American Sonnets. 1891.
GenoaWilliam Gibson (18261887)
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On the charmed air there is a hush the while;
And delicate are the twilight tints that smile
Upon the summits of the Apennines.
The moon is up; and o’er the warm wave shines
A fairy bridge of light, whose beams beguile
The fancy to some secret summer isle
Where Love may dwell, which only Love divines.
Around us; over the crystalline swell
I see the lamps lit in her tier of halls
And bid to Genoa the Superb farewell.
Home of Columbus! having dwelt in thee,
I dream of undiscovered lands at sea!