Read full poem →Something of Italy, and planned to go
To Genoa, explore the ancient town
Of Christopher Columbus, if she might
Dictionary Entry
A staysail that resembles a jib but extends aft beyond the mast.
Origin
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Common Phrases
. genoaconference genoagenoa near
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Poetry examples for “genoa”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →1. Make simple sketch maps and upon them locate the following :
Europe — Iceland, Venice, Genoa, Pisa, Marseilles, Montpellier,
Read full poem →I should think that your best line will be through the whole length of
France to Marseilles, and thence by sea to Genoa, whence the passage
into Tuscany is as diurnal as a Gravesend barge. I hasten, as you do, to
Read full poem →and a week in Venice. On his way back across Italy his passport was
stolen and he became a beach-comber in Genoa. He has described his
life there to me: “Wine and figs and pasta. And sunlight! And amusing
Read full poem →mia patria!"), Byron affirms that the Italians execrated Castlereagh "as
the cause, by the conduct of the English at Genoa." "Surely," he
exclaims, "that man will not die in his bed: there is no spot of the
Read full poem →ON THE MASSACRE OF THE CHRISTIANS IN BULGARIA 141
HOLY WEEK AT GENOA 142
URBS SACRA ÆTERNA 143
Read full poem →Latin Lines, addressed to Mr. West, from Genoa . . . 188
Elegiac Verses, occasioned by the sight of the Plains
Read full poem →POEMS OF PILGRIMAGE—
GENOA AND THE MEDITERRANEAN 269
SHELLEY’S SKYLARK 272