Excerpt from Gabriele D Annunzio: Poet of Beauty and Decadence D'annunzio was born in the Abruzzi, very near the birthplace of Ovid, in 1863. Since he is fifty-nine years old, may we not reasonably consider that, having left behind him the more impassioned lyricism of juvenile exuberance, though still in the prime of his Septembral season, he has now revealed the real significance of his life-message? Not that he is no longer a poet. Only minor poets, like minor streams, grow dry in summer. Real poets, though necessarily shifting vision with the shifting perspective of the years, remain poets to their last breath. D'annunzio always was and still is primarily a poet. The principal element of interest in his novels is his poetry, the charm of his dramas is his poetry. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.