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GROSSI, TOMMASO (1791-1853) , Lombard poet and novelist, was born at Bellano, on the Lake of Como, on the loth of January 1791. He took his degree in law at Pavia in 181o, and proceeded thence to Milan to exercise his profession; but the Austrian government, suspecting his loyalty, interfered with his prospects, and in consequence Grossi was a simple notary all his life. That the suspicion was well grounded he soon showed by writing in the Milanese dialect the battle poem La Prineide, in which he described with vivid colours the tragical death of Prina, chief
empire
Milan , instigated by Austrian agitators, had torn to pieces and dragged through the streets of the town (1814). The poem, being anonymous
Grossi of his own accord acknowledged himself the author. In 1816 he published other two poems, written likewise in MilaneseThe Golden Rain (La Pioggia d' oro) and The Fugitive (La Fuggitiva). These compositions secured him the friendship of Porta and Manzoni, and the three poets came to form a sort of romantic literary triumvirate. Grossi took advantage of the popularity of his Milanese poems to try Italian verse, into which he sought to introduce the moving realism
satisfaction in his earliest compositions; and in this he was entirely successful with his poem Ildegonda (1814). He next wrote an epic poem, entitled The Lombards in the First Crusade, a work
work
After his marriage
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