Rhymes for GIOVANNI-MARIA-MASTAI-FERRETTI

• small circular or square cases of dough with savory fillings

• A sweet-bitter liqueur originating from Italy (but also produced in Turkey), flavored with almonds and a secret blend-specific mix of some 200 ingredients such as the pits from apricots, peaches, cherries or other stone fruits.

• A glass of that liqueur.

• A light Italian cookie made with almonds.

• (in art) A cupid or putto (representation of a naked baby or small child, often with wings).

• A love poem.

• A male sweetheart, lover.

• the words of an opera or musical play

• The presence of two close or overlapping statements of the subject of a fugue, especially towards the end.

• An acceleration in the tempo of an opera that produces an ending climax.

• A public water bus, originally steam-powered, found especially in Venice.

• English writer born in Germany (1905-1994)

• Italian composer of operas (1797-1848)

• Swiss sculptor and painter known for his bronze sculptures of elongated figures (1901-1966)

• English poet and painter who was a leader of the Pre-Raphaelites (1828-1882)

• Swiss sculptor and painter known for his bronze sculptures of elongated figures (1901-1966)

• Italian pope from 1846 to 1878 who in 1854 declared the dogma of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary

• United States anarchist (born in Italy) who with Nicola Sacco was convicted of murder and in spite of world-wide protest was executed (1888-1927)

• English poet and painter who was a leader of the Pre-Raphaelites (1828-1882)

• United States singer (1917-1995)

• English writer born in Germany (1905-1994)

• Italian composer of operas (1797-1848)

• fossil amphibian of the Devonian having well-developed forelimbs; found in Pennsylvania

• United States anarchist (born in Italy) who with Nicola Sacco was convicted of murder and in spite of world-wide protest was executed (1888-1927)