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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ITALIA, IO TI SALUTO!', by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: To come back from the sweet south, to the north Last Line: And the sweet name to my mouth. Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina Subject(s): Italy; Love; Travel; Italians; Journeys; Trips | |||
TO come back from the sweet South, to the North Where I was born, bred, look to die; Come back to do my day's work in its day, Play out my play -- Amen, amen, say I. To see no more the country half my own, Nor hear the half familiar speech, Amen, I say; I turn to that bleal North Whence I came forth -- The South lies out of reach. But when our swallows fly back to the South, To the sweet South, to the sweet South, The tears may come again into my eyes On the old wise, And the sweet name to my mouth. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...RICHARD, WHAT'S THAT NOISE? by RICHARD HOWARD LOOKING FOR THE GULF MOTEL by RICHARD BLANCO RIVERS INTO SEAS by LYNDA HULL DESTINATIONS by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN THE ONE WHO WAS DIFFERENT by RANDALL JARRELL THE CONFESSION OF ST. JIM-RALPH by DENIS JOHNSON SESTINA: TRAVEL NOTES by WELDON KEES TO H. B. (WITH A BOOK OF VERSE) by MAURICE BARING IT IS FINISHED' by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI THE HEART KNOWETH ITS OWN BITTERNESS' (2) by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI |
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