Prezioso diaspro, agata e oro

Jasper and Gems and Gold were more than due
And less than worthy of this noble shrine:
No! let the Earthly great in tombs renew
Their pageantry — With precious stones may shine
The barren dust whence Laurels never grew —
For thee — thy Monument's a name Divine.
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Vittorio Alfieri
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