 An example from the "Barbarian Odes" and perhaps the one most familiar to Italians, in general, and Italian school children, in particular, is entitled "Le fonti del Clitumno" ("The Head-waters of the Clitumnus"), a description of that spot in the hills of Umbria where the Clitunno River has its beginning.Carducci wrote the ode between July and October 1876.It is generally considered one of Carducci's highest evocations of the Classical world, combining pastoral purity and nostalgia for the glories of ancient Italy.