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TO GARIBALDI
“O glory of Liguria!” Thus beganMy song to Garibaldi, when the Muse
Seiz'd on the pen, and said, “Liguria boasts
His birth, but Rome asserts another claim.
He marshal'd her true sons in her defence
Against a perjurer to Liberty,
And follow'd her, nor call'd her home in vain.
Let others mount the throne; his seat stands higher;
Therefore shall Rome with solemn jubilee
Sing of him in the voice she sang of old,
When from her gates first skulkt the fraudful Gaul.”
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