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Dall'Ongaro (page 483). A patriotic writer who revived the old forms of popular song.
Giusti (page 485). Born near Pescia. Studied at Pisa. Held office in the Tuscan legislative assembly. Died at Florence. A political satirist; wrote in Tuscan dialect. [Poesie, ed. Carducci, Firenze, 1859.]
327. La Terra dei Morti—Lamartine's phrase for Italy. v. 5. compieta, the last hour. Lorenzo, Bartolini the sculptor.
Aleardi (page 497). Born at Verona; went to Paris in 1848 to ask the French to aid Venice. Professor of Aesthetic and History in the Istituto di Belle Arti at Florence. Senator. Died at Florence. [Canti, Firenze, 1864.]
Prati (page 509). Born at Dasindo (near Trent). Studied at Padua. Lived at Milan and Turin; imprisoned and banished by the Austrians, 1848; lived in Piedmont; Councillor of Public Instruction in Rome; Senator, 1876. Wrote a great deal of patriotic verse, and Edmenegarda (1841), a sentimental love-tragedy in five cantos which brought him great fame. [Opere varie, Milano, 1875.]
Mercantini (page 512). Born at Ripatransone (north of Ascoli). Exiled after 1848. Professor of History at Bologna, and of Italian Literature at Palermo. [Canti, ed. Mestica, Milano, 1885.]
Mameli (page 513). Born at Genoa. Died in action at Rome, 1849. His songs were immensely popular about 1848.
Carducci (page 515). Born at Val di Castello in Tuscany. Professor of Literature, Bologna, 1860. Senator of Italy. Died at Bologna. Iuvenilia, 1858, Levia Gravia, 1867, Decennalia, 1870, Nuove Poesie, 1873; Garibaldi, 1882; Odi Barbare, 1877-89; Rime e Ritmi, 1800; and many
