Note 12 — GABRIELE ROSSETTI
William Michael Rossetti translation
I have read this ode for the express purpose of discovering what Signor Gallo objected to, and can only see this. There are certain stanzas in which the overpraise (too truly termed “flatteries” by the author) takes the form of remonstrance. The King is told that the nation, in loving him, do in fact love themselves; that the public happiness demands that he should be duly careful of his invaluable life; and that, at his age, he must not persist in incessant hunting.—W.