<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=408623" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Genoa</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">A long farewell to Genoa<br>That rises to the skies,<br>Where the barren coast of Italy<br>Like our own coastline lies.<br>A sad farewell to Genoa,<br>And long my heart shall grieve,<br>The only city in the world<br>That I was loath to leave. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">No sign of rush or strife is there,<br>No war of greed they wage.<br>The deep cool streets of Genoa<br>Are rock-like in their age.<br>No garish signs of commerce there<br>Are flaunting in the sun.<br>A rag hung from a balcony<br>Is by an artist done. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And she was fair in Genoa,<br>And she was very kind,<br>Those pale blind-seeming eyes that seem<br>Most beautifully blind.<br>Oh they are sad in Genoa,<br>Those poor soiled singing birds.<br>I had but three Italian words<br>And she three English words. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">But love is cheap in Genoa,<br>Aye, love and wine are cheap,<br>And neither leaves an aching head,<br>Nor cuts the heart too deep;<br>Save when the knife goes straight, and then<br>There’s little time to grieve—<br>The only city in the world<br>That I was loath to leave. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">I’ve said farewell to tinted days<br>And glorious starry nights,<br>I’ve said farewell to Naples with<br>Her long straight lines of lights;<br>But it is not for Naples but<br>For Genoa that I grieve,<br>The only city in the world<br>That I was loath to leave.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Henry+Lawson">Henry Lawson</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=408623" data-title="Genoa de Henry Lawson" data-description="A long farewell to Genoa That rises to the skies, Where the barren coast of Italy Like our own coastline lies. A sad farewell to Genoa, And long my heart shall grieve, The only city in the world That I was loath to leave. No sign of rush or stri..."></div> </div> </div>

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