Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SNOWFALL, by GIOSUE CARDUCCI Poet's Biography First Line: Silently, slowly falls the snow from an ashen sky Last Line: Down to the silence I come, in the shadow I will rest. | ||||||||
SILENTLY, slowly falls the snow from an ashen sky, Cries, and sounds of life from the city rise no more, No more the hawker's shout and the sound of running wheels, No more the joyous song of love and youth arise. Raucously from the somber spire through the leaden air The hours moan, like sighs of a world removed from time. Wandering birds insistent knock on the glowing panes. My ghostly friends return, and gaze, and call to me. Soon, my dear ones, soonbe still, O dauntless heart Down to the silence I come, in the shadow I will rest. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A SHROPSHIRE LAD: 31 by ALFRED EDWARD HOUSMAN STRANGE MEETINGS: 10 by HAROLD MONRO A NAMELESS EPITAPH (1) by MATTHEW ARNOLD DON'T YOU WISH YOU KNEW! by A. H. B. TO THE MEMORY OF MY DEAR DAUGHTER IN LAW by ANNE BRADSTREET YOUTH by VIRGINIA WOODWARD CLOUD |
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