Dear Colleagues,
A friend of mine, of Italian extraction, who works in the St Andrews
University Library is seeking to identify some lines of verse from a poem
learned by her father at school in Italy. Can anyone identify the poet and
poem? The lines she has are:
Che io mi vergogno di esser contadino?
Vergognatevi voi che non lo siete.
Se in tavola vi abbonda il pane e il vino,
Queste mani mie ringraziar dovete.
Thanks in advance for any help,
Ronnie Ferguson
Ronnie Ferguson
Senior Lecturer
Chairman of Department of Italian
University of St Andrews
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