Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A TRUE STORY (CONTINUED), by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In this great city now the haunt Last Line: Where purest love they feel; Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Love; Nature; Rome, Italy | ||||||||
In this great city now the haunt, Of priest and friar and monk Where reason sees her ill-starr'd bark, By superstition sunk; Where nature's voice by force repress'd, Its energy declares, In demon deeds of wickedness, When fear its dagger bares; In Rome itself there lately dwelt Two sister-maidens fair, Affianced both to noble youths, Of form and virtue rare. Preparing now for that great step, Of weal or woe the seal, Before they joyful give their hands, Where purest love they feel; | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THOSE GRAVES IN ROME by LARRY LEVIS ROMAN ELEGIES by JOSEPH BRODSKY ROMAN DIARY: 1951 by JOHN CIARDI VIGNETTES OVERSEAS: 7. ROME by SARA TEASDALE ROMANESQUE ARCHES by TOMAS TRANSTROMER AN APARTMENT WITH A VIEW by JOHN CIARDI MANIFEST DESTINY by JORIE GRAHAM RUINES OF ROME by JOACHIM DU BELLAY IT IS FINISHED' by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI ITALIA, IO TI SALUTO!' by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI THE HEART KNOWETH ITS OWN BITTERNESS' (2) by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI |
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