Rebecca reverses springer & tirare, opposed signs
Of instruction frequently appearing on doors;

Whereas I have been accused of bungling chiuso,
The Italian word for “plumb out of luck, again!”

Much the way I felt during Wednesday’s final exam,
When my Italian teacher stammered for faint praise.

Let it therefore be said, first and foremost,
That we did get inside SS. Giovanni e Paolo.

But to get the photograph that we returned for,
I had to make do, sadly, with a reproduction.

As for the other chance at personal redemption,
My own translation without a peek at Google.

Particularly deserving of notice is the representation of the martyr Thomas Becket of Canterbury, dated from the first quarter of the 13th century. This is one of the oldest examples illustrating the scene of the assassination of the English Bishop and {the verb confounds me all the way to the end of} the reign of Henry II.

All of which I suspect goes to prove that reading
Is lots easier for me than hearing and speaking.