TRUE is it that Ambrosio Salinero With an untoward fate was long involved In odious litigation; and full long, Fate harder still! had he to endure assaults Of racking malady. And true it is That not the less a frank courageous heart And buoyant spirit triumphed over pain; And he was strong to follow in the steps Of the fair Muses. Not a covert path Leads to the dear Parnassian forest's shade, That might from him be hidden; not a track Mounts to pellucid Hippocrene, but he Had traced its windings. -- This Savona knows, Yet no sepulchral honours to her Son She paid, for in our age the heart is ruled Only by gold. And now a simple stone Inscribed with this memorial here is raised By his bereft, his lonely, Chiabrera. Think not, O Passenger! who read'st the lines, That an exceeding love hath dazzled me; No -- he was One whose memory ought to spread Where'er Permessus bears an honoured name, And live as long as its pure stream shall flow. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LEXINGTON [APRIL 19, 1775] by OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES THE BONNIE BLUE FLAG by ANNIE CHAMBERS KETCHUM THE SEARCH (1) by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL VIRGILS GNAT by EDMUND SPENSER THE TENT ON THE BEACH: 10. THE PALATINE by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER OF BEAUTY by EVA K. ANGLESBURG |