Rieti uses regular stanzas, Italian forms of verse, in this matter following the example of Immanuel.
The lark was not dead; in spite of cold and the north wind it gayly took its flight to the vale of Rieti.
But he became no better, and from Assisi he was taken to Rieti, to consult an oculist there.
He took his position on the frontier menaced by the Neapolitan army, and fortified the stronghold of Rieti.
One day, at Rieti, whither he had again been carried, he thought that a little music would relieve his pain.
