Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE LOVELINESS OF SPRING, by GIUSEPPE PARINI Poet's Biography Last Line: Are pitiful and kind Subject(s): Shepherds & Shepherdesses; Spring; Love | ||||||||
THE loveliness of Spring May once again be seen, With languorous fragrancies Strewing the air serene; With tender grass and flowers Are decked both hill and plain, Unto her cherished nest The swallow flies again; Her sister, too, returns Upon her bitter rue, And kisses fond exchange The turtle-doves anew; The gentle sheep from out Their tedious sojourn fare, And the sweet-scented thyme Go seeking here and there; The little shepherdess Bare-footed trips along, Her shepherd's name so dear Re-echoes in her song; And he, pursuing Love, Turns where the voice doth seem, And kisses the chaste Nymph Beside a limpid stream. Love hath inflamed the world To-day with his desire, And with his merry ways Doth everything inspire. To grief of her fond swain Chloris alone is blind; All other souls save hers Are pitiful and kind. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INVENTION OF LOVE by MATTHEA HARVEY TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS A LOVE FOR FOUR VOICES: HOMAGE TO FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN by ANTHONY HECHT AN OFFERING FOR PATRICIA by ANTHONY HECHT LATE AFTERNOON: THE ONSLAUGHT OF LOVE by ANTHONY HECHT A SWEETENING ALL AROUND ME AS IT FALLS by JANE HIRSHFIELD ONCE MORE THE ROSE DOTH BLOOM by GIUSEPPE PARINI |
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