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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FEBRUARY IN ROME, by EDMUND WILLIAM GOSSE Poet's Biography
First Line: When roman fields are red with cyclamen
Last Line: Trouble her soul till rome be no more rome.
Subject(s): Rome, Italy
First Line: When roman fields are red with cyclamen
Last Line: Trouble her soul till rome be no more rome.
Subject(s): Rome, Italy
WHEN Roman fields are red with cyclamen,
And in the palace gardens you may find,
Under great leaves and sheltering briony-bind,
Clusters of cream-white violets, oh then
The ruined city of immortal men
Must smile, a little to her fate resigned,
And through her corridors the slow warm wind
Gush harmonies beyond a mortal ken.
Such soft favonian airs upon a flute,
Such shadowy censers burning live perfume,
Shall lead the mystic city to her tomb;
Nor flowerless springs, nor autumns without fruit,
Nor summer mornings when the winds are mute,
Trouble her soul till Rome be no more Rome.
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