Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET OCCASIONED BY A VISIT TO TORZELO, A VENETIAN ISLE, by WILLIAM STEWART ROSE First Line: On a december's morn, nor dim nor dark Last Line: Warning his little world in language strange. Subject(s): Venice, Italy | ||||||||
Occasioned by a visit to Torzelo, one of the Venetian Isles, and formerly the Villeggiatura, or summer resort of the Venetian nobility On a December's morn, nor dim nor dark, I, while a bright and brilliant sun outshone, (Such as in southern climate beams alone) From Venice to Torzelo loosed my barque: Cottage I saw 'mid palace overthrown, And wasted vineyard, garden close, or park; -- And viewed an older fane than thine, St. Mark, With door and window-shutters framed of stone: While I considered fane and fallen bower, And standing hut, 'mid these well pleased to range, A clock tolled twenty from a neighbouring tower: Time, changing all, himself had known no change; But taught, as to another age, the hour, Warning his little world in language strange. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ELEVATED by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS SURFACES AND MASKS; 12 by CLARENCE MAJOR SURFACES AND MASKS; 2 by CLARENCE MAJOR SURFACES AND MASKS; 1 by CLARENCE MAJOR SURFACES AND MASKS; 3 by CLARENCE MAJOR SURFACES AND MASKS; 30 by CLARENCE MAJOR SURFACES AND MASKS; 6 by CLARENCE MAJOR SURFACES AND MASKS; 7 by CLARENCE MAJOR |
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