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We who have seen Italia in the throes,Half risen but to be hurled to ground, and now,Like a ripe field of wheat where once drove plough,All bounteous as she is fair, we think of thoseWho blew the breath of life into her frame:Cavour, Mazzini, Garibaldi: Three:Her Brain, her Soul, her Sword; and set her freeFrom ruinous discords, with one lustrous aim.   Meredith, George

Source: GEORGE MEREDITH, For the Centenary of Garibaldi, stanza 1, The Times , July 1, 1907, p. 9. This poem is also in Poems of George Meredith, ed. Phyllis B. Bartlett, p. 790 . · This quote is about uncategorised · Search on Google Books to find all references and sources for this quotation.

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