Rienzi, Last of the Roman Tribunes
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Preface
_ Then turn we to her latest Tribune‘s name,
From her ten thousand tyrants turn to thee,
Redeemer of dark centuries of shame--
The friend of Petrarch--hope of Italy--
Rienzi, last of Romans! While the tree
Of Freedom‘s wither‘d trunk puts forth a leaf,
Even for thy tomb a garland let it be--
The Forum‘s champion, and the People‘s chief--
Her new-born Numa thou!
Childe Harold, cant. iv. stanza 114.
Amidst the indulgence of enthusiasm and eloquence, Petrarch,
Italy, and Europe, were astonished by a revolution, which
realized for a moment his most splendid visions.--Gibbon,
chap. 1xx.
Dedication of Rienzi.
To Alessandro Manzoni, as to the Genius of the Place,
Are Dedicated These Fruits, gathered on The Soil of Italian Fiction.
London, Dec. 1, 1835.
Dedication,
Prefixed to the First Collected Edition of the Author‘s Works in 1840.
My Dear Mother,
In inscribing with your beloved
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