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PALM SUNDAY: NAPLES by ARTHUR WILLIAM SYMONS

Poet Analysis

First Line: BECAUSE IT IS THE DAY OF PALMS
Last Line: CARRY A PALM FOR ME.
Subject(s): NAPLES, ITALY; PALM SUNDAY;

Because it is the day of Palms,
Carry a palm for me,
Carry a palm in Santa Chiara,
And I will watch the sea;
There are no palms in Santa Chiara
To-day or any day for me.

I sit and watch the little sail
Lean side-ways on the sea,
The sea is blue from here to Sorrento
And the sea-wind comes to me,
And I see the white clouds lift from Sorrento
And the dark sail lean upon the sea.

I have grown tired of all these things,
And what is left for me?
I have no place in Santa Chiara,
There is no peace upon the sea;
But carry a palm in Santa Chiara,
Carry a palm for me.



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