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Matilda Betham

Finche un zeffiro soave
  Tien del mar l’ira placata,
  Ogni nave
  E fortunata,
  E felice ogni nocchier;

E ben prova di coraggio
  Incontrar l’onde funeste,
  Navigar fra le tempeste,
  E non perdere il sentier.

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From Elegies and Other Small Poems | 1794

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