Gentle Inglisina, say
Can the smooth Italian Lay
Nature’s ruggedness remove,
Soften Britons into love?
Yes; the stocks and stones draw near,
Thy inchanting Voice to hear
And all the Savages agree
In praise of harmony and Thee!
Gentle Inglisina, say
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “To Miss [Cecilia] Davis.” This loose-leaf manuscript is held in the Lamplough Collection of the Methodist Archive and Research Centre, The John Rylands Library, The University of Manchester. Accessed through the website of The Center for Studies in the Wesleyan Tradition, Duke Divinity School.
Publishing: Public Domain