WorkAlessandro Manzoni

“Il cinque Maggio [The Fifth of May], in Inni sacri e odi civili”

Il cinque Maggio [The Fifth of May], in Inni sacri e odi civili (ode, 1821; published in collected Poesie from 1823)

Alessandro Manzoni (1785–1873) · ode, 1821; published in collected Poesie from 1823

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Documented 1839

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undatedIl cinque Maggio (Ode on the Death of Napoleon)Demonstrated
“Beautiful passages from Manzoni. "Che dolermi dovea?..." Ode _ In morte di Napoleone (Il cinque Maggio.) Ei fu:siccome immobile,”
Manuscripts (Houghton Library, Margaret Fuller Family Papers)
Substantial multi-line quoted passage from Manzoni's ode, qualifying as sustained excerpting.

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Journal April 1839

p27

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“Beautiful passages from Manzoni. / 'Che dolermi dovea? Forse il partirmi / Da questa terra, ov'è il ben far portento...' ...”

Fuller, Margaret. "Journal April 1839." Houghton Library, Harvard University; bMS Am 1086 (Box A); Box 5 (99).

Inferred The first (p. 27) is from an unnamed work; the Italian text ('Che dolermi dovea? Forse il partirmi / Da questa terra, ov'è il ben far portento / E somma lode il non aver peccato?...') is from Manzoni's poetry, likely his Adelchi (1822) or one of the Inni sacri — the specific poem has not been identified but the attribution to Manzoni is explicit. Fuller copies multiple stanzas in Italian, beginning 'Ei fu: siccome immobile...' Fuller's attribution and the opening of the ode ('Ei fu.') confirm this identification beyond doubt.

Forse il partirmi / Da questa terra, ov'è il ben far portento / E somma lode il non aver peccato?...') is from Manzoni's poetry, likely his Adelchi (1822) or one of the Inni sacri — the specific poem has not been identified but the attribution to Manzoni is explicit. Fuller copies multiple stanzas in Italian, beginning 'Ei fu: siccome immobile...' Fuller's attribution and the opening of the ode ('Ei fu.') confirm this identification beyond doubt.