Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO SAINT CHARLES BORROMEO, ON THE MASSACRE AT MILAN, by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Saint, beyond all in glory who surround Last Line: God will with wrath, look down. Subject(s): Borromeo, Saint Carlo (1538-1584); Milan, Italy; Travel; Journeys; Trips | ||||||||
I. Saint, beyond all in glory who surround The throne above! Thy placid brow no thorn blood-dropping crown'd, No grief came o'er thy love, II. Save what they suffer'd whom the Plague's dull fire Wasted away, Or those whom Heaven at last let worse Desire Sweep with soft swoop away. III. If thou art standing high above the place Where Verban gleams, Where Art and Nature give thee form and space As best beseems, IV. Look down on thy fair country, and most fair The sister isles! Whence gratitude eternal mounts with prayer, Where spring eternal smiles; V. Watch over that brave youth who bears thy name, And bears it well, Unmindful never of the sacred flame With which his temples swell. VI. When praise from thousands breathes beneath thy shrine, And incense steeps Thy calm brow bending over them, for thine Is bent on him who weeps; VII. And, O most holy one! what tears are shed Thro' all thy town! Thou wilt with pity on the brave and dead, God will with wrath, look down. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...RICHARD, WHAT'S THAT NOISE? by RICHARD HOWARD LOOKING FOR THE GULF MOTEL by RICHARD BLANCO RIVERS INTO SEAS by LYNDA HULL DESTINATIONS by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN THE ONE WHO WAS DIFFERENT by RANDALL JARRELL THE CONFESSION OF ST. JIM-RALPH by DENIS JOHNSON SESTINA: TRAVEL NOTES by WELDON KEES TO H. B. (WITH A BOOK OF VERSE) by MAURICE BARING A FIESOLAN IDYL by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR |
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