text: This author berated a "vile crew" for having left "no altars, fanes undesecrate" because "no deed's too foul for you!"
full_question: This author berated a "vile crew" for having left "no altars, fanes undesecrate" because "no deed's too foul for you!" in a poem inspired by a monument to one of his countrymen. A character who is disappointed to learn that "the life of the universe is a perpetual circle of production and destruction", and thus nothing in the world can be free from suffering, is eaten by lions at the end of this author's "Dialogue Between Nature and an Icelander," one of his Small Moral Works. The Jonathan Galassi translation of one of this man's poems begins by describing a "lonely hill" that "was always dear to me" and imagines a "depthless calm" in which the poet's mind sinks, noting "floundering is sweet in such a sea." He wrote "When truth appeared, you fell, poor one" in a poem which asks the title woman "do you recall those days of mortal life when beauty sparkled in your quick and gleaming eyes[?]" For 10 points, name this Italian Romantic poet of "L'Infinito", whose many Canti include "To Silvia."
first_sentence: This author berated a "vile crew" for having left "no altars, fanes undesecrate" because "no deed's too foul for you!"
raw_answer: Giacomo Leopardi [or Giacomo Taldegardo Francesco di Sales Saverio Pietro Leopardi]