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Naples
PALAZZO
Lordly amid the rotting houses of the street,
It lifts a marble scorn, while at its carven feet
They crowd in ancient filth. It does not look at them,
These crumbling beggars catching at its stony hem.
It lifts a marble scorn, while at its carven feet
They crowd in ancient filth. It does not look at them,
These crumbling beggars catching at its stony hem.
NEAPOLITAN WASHING
Hellene and Roman bred this race;
Unconsciously these drying rags
Make of the squalid market-place
A conqueror's city hung with flags!
Unconsciously these drying rags
Make of the squalid market-place
A conqueror's city hung with flags!
HAIR-DRESSING
There in the littered street she sits and chats with passing friends,
While a deft neighbor combs her hair, pins close the sleek black ends;
She holds her gushing nipple to the child upon her knee,
Plucks vermin from its curls and sells her oranges to me.
While a deft neighbor combs her hair, pins close the sleek black ends;
She holds her gushing nipple to the child upon her knee,
Plucks vermin from its curls and sells her oranges to me.
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