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Aleardi

American  
[ah-le-ahr-dee] / ˌɑ lɛˈɑr di /

noun

  1. Count Aleardo 1812–78, Italian poet and patriot.


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Aleardi was a poet of wonderful descriptive power, and though, as he said himself, he subordinated his love of poetry to his love of country, yet in such service he found perfect freedom.

From Reviews by Wilde, Oscar

Aleardi was first confined in the military prison at Verona, but was soon removed to Mantua, whither several of his friends had already been sent.

From Modern Italian Poets Essays and Versions by Howells, William Dean

When six years later the new Venetian republic came into being, Aleardi was sent to represent its interests at Paris.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 by Runkle, Lucia Isabella Gilbert

Nevertheless, the same critic confesses that the poetry of Aleardi "is not academically common", and pleases by the originality of its very mannerism.

From Modern Italian Poets Essays and Versions by Howells, William Dean

The essays on Petrarch and Tasso are tedious, but those on Aleardi and Count Arrivabene are excellent, particularly the former. 

From Reviews by Wilde, Oscar

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