Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE FESTIVAL OF BEATRICE, by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Dante, sole standing on the heavenward height Last Line: From shore to mountain and from alp to sea. Subject(s): Beatrice Portinari (1266-1290); Dante Alighieri (1265-1321); Heaven; Paradise | ||||||||
DANTE, sole standing on the heavenward height, Beheld and heard one saying, 'Behold me well: I am, I am Beatrice.' Heaven and hell Kept silence, and the illimitable light Of all the stars was darkness in his sight Whose eyes beheld her eyes again, and fell Shame-stricken. Since her soul took flight to dwell In heaven, six hundred years have taken flight. And now that heavenliest part of earth whereon Shines yet their shadow as once their presence shone To her bears witness for his sake, as he For hers bare witness when her face was gone: No slave, no hospice now for grief -- but free From shore to mountain and from Alp to sea. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE END OF LIFE by PHILIP JAMES BAILEY SEVEN TWILIGHTS: 6 by CONRAD AIKEN THE BOOK OF THE DEAD MAN (#19): 2. MORE ABOUT THE DEAD MAN AND WINTER by MARVIN BELL THE WORLDS IN THIS WORLD by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR A SKELETON FOR MR. PAUL IN PARADISE; AFTER ALLAN GUISINGER by NORMAN DUBIE BEAUTY & RESTRAINT by DANIEL HALPERN HOW IT WILL HAPPEN, WHEN by DORIANNE LAUX IF THIS IS PARADISE by DORIANNE LAUX A BALLAD OF DEATH by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE |
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