Italia

I reached the Alps: the soul within me burned / Italia, my Italia, at thy name: / And when from out the mountain’s heart I came / And saw the land for which my life had yearned, / I laughed as one who some great prize had earned: […]

1881, Oscar Wilde, “[Rosa Mystica.] Sonnet on approaching Italy.”, in Poems, London: David Bogue, […], →OCLC, page 39

There, through each long happy day, winding slowly on our way, / Travellers from across the ocean, toward Italia journeyed we,— / Each long day, that, richer, fairer, / Showed the charming Riviera.

1866 February, James Freeman Clarke, “Riviera di Ponente”, in The Atlantic Monthly, Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Oct 2022, page 202

I’ve used language gimmicks in several puzzles (recently used answer/clue: TRE – “It’s over due in Italia”).

2016 December 11, Deb Amlen, quoting Mark McClain, “Communication Problem”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Dec 2016