Edited with Introduction by Helen Zimmern

Masterpieces of Foreign Authors

GOLDONI'S COMEDIES

MORRISON AND GIBB, PRINTERS, EDINBURGH.

T H E C O M E D I E S O F

C A R L O G O L D O N I

EDITED WITH INTRODUCTION BY

HELEN ZIMMERN

LONDON

DAVID STOTT, 370 O

, W.

1892

,—good, gay, sunniest of souls,—

Glassing half Venice in that verse of thine,—

What though it just reflect the shade and shine Of common life, nor render, as it rol s,

Grandeur and gloom? Sufficient for thy shoals

Was Carnival: Parini's depths enshrine

Secrets unsuited to that opaline

Surface of things which laughs along thy scrol s.

There throng the People: how they come and go, Lisp the soft language, flaunt the bright garb,—see,—

On piazza, cal e, under portico,

And over bridge! Dear King of Comedy,

Be honoured! Thou that didst love Venice so,

Venice, and we who love her, al love thee!

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