GOLDONI -- good, gay, sunniest of souls, -- Glassing half Venice in that verse of thine, -- What though it just reflect the shade and shine Of common life, nor render, as it rolls, Grandeur and gloom? Sufficient for thy shoals Was Carnival; Parini's depths enshrine Secrets unsuited to that opaline Surface of things which laughs along thy scrolls There throng the people: how they come and go Lisp the soft language, flaunt the bright garb, -- see, -- On Piazza, Calle, under Portico And over Bridge! Dear king of Comedy, Be honored! thou that didst love Venice so, Venice, and we who love her, all love thee! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ODES II, 10 by QUINTUS HORATIUS FLACCUS DEWEY IN MANILA BAY [MAY 1, 1898] by RICHARD VORHEES RISLEY SONNET WRITTEN IN THE FALL OF 1914: 2 by GEORGE EDWARD WOODBERRY MY DEAREST JULIA by WILLIAM BARNES |