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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
VIGNETTES OVERSEAS: 9. VILLA SEBELLONI, BELLAGGIO, by SARA TEASDALE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The fountain shivers lightly in the rain Last Line: Change to a laurel in the glancing shower. Alternate Author Name(s): Filsinger, Ernest B., Mrs. Subject(s): Italy; Italians | |||
The fountain shivers lightly in the rain, The laurels drip, the fading roses fall, The marble satyr plays a mournful strain That leaves the rainy fragrance musical. Oh dripping laurel, Phoebus sacred tree, Would that swift Daphne's lot might come to me, Then would I still my soul and for an hour Change to a laurel in the glancing shower. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...1851: A MESSAGE TO DENMARK HILL by RICHARD HOWARD TONIGHT THE HEART-SHAPED LEAVES by JAN HELLER LEVI JEWISH GRAVEYARDS, ITALY by PHILIP LEVINE SAILING HOME FROM RAPALLO by ROBERT LOWELL SUNLIGHT AND SHADOW by LISEL MUELLER HOW DUKE VALENTINE CONTRIVED by BASIL BUNTING FRAGMENTS FROM ITALY: 1 by JOHN CIARDI |
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