The Poems of Giacomo Leopardi

Giacomo Taldegardo Francesco di Sales Saverio Pietro Leopardi (1798-1837) was an Italian poet, essayist, philosopher, and philologist.

He was born in Recanati, in the Marche, at the time ruled by the papacy, of a local noble family.

His father was the count Monaldo Leopardi and his mother was the marquise Adelaide Anti