yed like a lover,
Was buried so long in oblivion's womb
And, left for another than I to discover,
Turns up at last! and to whom?--to whom?

--
St. 30. a certain precious little tablet: "The `little tablet' was
a famous `Last Supper', mentioned by Vasari, and gone astray long ago
from the Church of S. Spirito: it turned up, according to report,
in some obscure corner, while I was in Florence, and was
at once acquired by a stranger. I saw it, genuine or no,
a work of great beauty."--From Poet's Letter to the Editor.

Buonarotti: Michael Angelo (more correctly, Michel Agnolo) Buonarotti,
b. 6th of March, 1475, at Castel Caprese, near Florence;
d. at Rome, 18th of Feb., 1564.

and to whom?--to whom?: a contemptuous repetition.

31.

I, that have haunted the dim San Spirito,
(Or was it rather the Ognissanti?)
Patient on altar-step planting a weary toe!
Nay, I shall have it yet! Detur amanti!
My Koh-i-noor--or (if that's a platitude)
Jewel of Giamschid, the Persian Sofi's eye;
So, in anticipative gratitude,
What if I take up my hope and prophesy?

--
St. 31. San Spirito: a church of the 14th century, in Florence.
Ognissanti: i.e., "All Saints", in Florence.

I shall have it yet!: I shall make a happy find yet.
Detur amanti!: let it be given to the loving one.

Koh-i-noor: "Mountain of Light", a celebrated diamond,
"the diamond of the great Mogul", presented to Queen Victoria, in 1850.
See Art. on the Diamond, `N. Brit. Rev.' Vol. 18, p. 186,
and Art., Diamond, `Encycl. Brit.'; used here, by metonymy,
for a great treasure.

Jewel of Giamschid: the `Deria-i-noor', or `the Sea of Light',
one of the largest of known diamonds, belonging to the king of Persia,
is probably referred to. See `N. Brit. Rev.', Vol. 18, p. 217.

32.

When the hour grows ripe, and a certain dotard
Is pitched, no parcel that needs invoicing,
To the worse side of the Mont St. Gothard,
We shall begin by way of rejoicing;
None of that shooting the sky (blank cartridge),
Nor a civic guard, all plumes and lacquer,
Hunting Radetzky's soul like a partridge
Over Morello with squib and cracker.

--
St. 32. a certain dotard: Joseph Wenzel Radetzky, b. Nov. 2, 1766,
d. Jan. 5, 1858, in his 92d year; governed the Austrian possessions
in Italy to Feb. 28, 1857.

Morello: Monte Morello, the highe