GIUSEPPE GIUSTI
\d͡ʒˈɪjuːsˌɛp d͡ʒˈɪəstˌi], \dʒˈɪjuːsˌɛp dʒˈɪəstˌi], \dʒ_ˈɪ_j_uː_s_ˌɛ_p dʒ_ˈɪ__ə_s_t_ˌi]\
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An Italian poet and political satirist; born in Monsummano, May 1809; died in Florence, March 31, 1850. His maiden masterpiece was the "Dies Irae", on the death of the Emperor Francis I.,-a poem in which a mockery of woe blends tellingly with sarcasm. He worked this vein the next ten years, as "The Boot", "The Crowned", and "The Investiture of a Knight" demonstrate. These and the satires written from 1847 to 1849, as well as "The Papacy of Little Peter", evince genius.
By Charles Dudley Warner
