Giacomo Leopardi - It was always dear to me, this solitary hill, and...

It was always dear to me, this solitary hill, and this hedgerow here, that closes out my view, from so much of the ultimate horizon. But sitting here, and watching here, in thought,I create interminable spaces, greater than human silences, and deepestquiet, where the heart barely fails to terrify. When I hear the wind, blowing among these leaves,I go on to compare that infinite silencewith this voice, and I remember the eternaland the dead seasons, and the living present, and its sound, so that in this immensitymy thoughts are drowned, and shipwreck seems sweetto me in this sea.

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It was always dear to me, this solitary hill, and this hedgerow here, that closes out my view, from so much of the ultimate horizon. But sitting here, and watching here, in thought,I create interminable spaces, greater than human silences, and deepestquiet, where the heart barely fails to terrify. When I hear the wind, blowing among these leaves,I go on to compare that infinite silencewith this voice, and I remember the eternaland the dead seasons, and the living present, and its sound, so that in this immensitymy thoughts are drowned, and shipwreck seems sweetto me in this sea. Giacomo Leopardi

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dear solitary hill hedgerow closes view ultimate horizon sitting watching thought create interminable spaces greater human silences deepestquiet heart barely fails terrify hear wind blowing leaves compare infinite silencewith voice remember eternaland dead seasons living present sound immensitymy thoughts drowned shipwreck sweetto sea

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