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THE SICILIAN, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: His golden face, un tipo
Last Line: A classic of the soil.
Subject(s): Beauty; Sicily


HIS golden face, un tipo,
Was minted like a coin;
On the reverse un toro, --
So stood his neck and loin.
The bull of Agrigentum
A thousand years had ploughed
The furrow of his fathers, --
Per Baccho! he was proud!

To the beautiful old ages
His line ran straight and true;
His blood coursed like the clover-tops
Beneath his cheeks' bronze hue;
And all his skin was polished brown,
And muscled hard with toil;
And when he turned his back, Ecco!
A classic of the soil.





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