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THE OLD BRIDGE AT FLORENCE. - ZaunköniG - 28.10.2007 THE OLD BRIDGE AT FLORENCE. TADDEO Gaddi built me. I am old, Five centuries old. I plant my foot of stone Upon the Arno, as St. Michael's own Was planted on the dragon. Fold by fold Beneath me as it struggles, I behold Its glistening scales. Twice hath it overthrown My kindred and companions. Me alone It moveth not, but is by me controlled. I can remember when the Medici Were driven from Florence ; longer still ago The final wars of Ghibelline and Guelf. Florence adorns me with her jewelry ; And when I think that Michael Angelo Hath leaned on me, I glory in myself. |