{"product_id":"2940012282507","title":"The Poems of Giacomo Leopardi","description":"An excerpt from the book-\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMy country, I the walls, the arches see,\u003cbr\u003eThe columns, statues, and the towers\u003cbr\u003eDeserted, of our ancestors;\u003cbr\u003eBut, ah, the glory I do not behold,\u003cbr\u003eThe laurel and the sword, that graced\u003cbr\u003eOur sires of old.\u003cbr\u003eNow, all unarmed, a naked brow,\u003cbr\u003eA naked breast dost thou display.\u003cbr\u003eAh, me, how many wounds, what stains of blood!\u003cbr\u003eOh, what a sight art thou,\u003cbr\u003eMost beautiful of women! I\u003cbr\u003eTo heaven cry aloud, and to the world:\u003cbr\u003e\"Who hath reduced her to this pass?\u003cbr\u003eSay, say!\" And worst of all, alas,\u003cbr\u003eSee, both her arms in chains are bound!\u003cbr\u003eWith hair dishevelled, and without a veil\u003cbr\u003eShe sits, disconsolate, upon the ground,\u003cbr\u003eAnd hides her face between her knees,\u003cbr\u003eAs she bewails her miseries.\u003cbr\u003eOh, weep, my Italy, for thou hast cause;\u003cbr\u003eThou, who wast born the nations to subdue,\u003cbr\u003eAs victor, and as victim, too!\u003cbr\u003eOh, if thy eyes two living fountains were,\u003cbr\u003eThe volume of their tears could ne'er express\u003cbr\u003eThy utter helplessness, thy shame;\u003cbr\u003eThou, who wast once the haughty dame,\u003cbr\u003eAnd, now, the wretched slave.\u003cbr\u003eWho speaks, or writes of thee,\u003cbr\u003eThat must not bitterly exclaim:\u003cbr\u003e\"She once was great, but, oh, behold her now\"?\u003cbr\u003eWhy hast thou fallen thus, oh, why?\u003cbr\u003eWhere is the ancient force?\u003cbr\u003eWhere are the arms, the valor, constancy?\u003cbr\u003eWho hath deprived thee of thy sword?\u003cbr\u003eWhat treachery, what skill, what labor vast,\u003cbr\u003eOr what o'erwhelming horde\u003cbr\u003eWhose fierce, invading tide, thou could'st not stem,\u003cbr\u003eHath robbed thee of thy robe and diadem?\u003cbr\u003eFrom such a height how couldst thou fall so low?\u003cbr\u003eWill none defend thee? No?","brand":"qasim idrees","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47069265527024,"sku":"2940012282507","price":1.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940012282507_p0.jpg?v=1763554570","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940012282507","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}