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The Apennines
the Apennines
also: Apennin
The mountain range running the length of the Italian peninsula. In Sonnet II.15 the spring-water reaches the Roman fountain-mouth from their slopes, carrying its 'saying' past graves and aqueducts.
Reading notes
- The Sonnets to Orpheus §41 the Apennines
The mountain chain of the Italian peninsula; from their slopes the spring-water travels by aqueduct, past graves, to the Roman fountain-mouth of the sonnet.