Books: Poet Forgets

Excursion trains chugged merrily last week, to fair Assisi, where once St. Francis preached the joy of a holy life in poverty. There were some on the excursion trains last week who cared not a bean for the first Franciscan. But all were ardent Fascists who pilgrimaged to see the poet-hero of Fascismo, famed Gabriele D'Annunzio. ...

The occasion would be historic. Poet D'Annunzio, who retired last summer to a hermit's existence in his exotic home at Gardonne would emerge, journey to Assisi, and plant a tree in honor of...

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