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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
RACHEL: 2, by MATTHEW ARNOLD Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Unto a lonely villa in a dell Last Line: The beauty and the glorious art of greece. Subject(s): Death; Jews; Dead, The; Judaism | |||
UNTO a lonely villa in a dell Above the fragrant warm Provencal shore The dying Rachel in a chair they bore Up the steep pine-plumed paths of the Estrelle, And laid her in a stately room, where fell The shadow of a marble Muse of yore-- The rose-crown'd queen of legendary lore, Polymnia--full on her death-bed. 'Twas well! The fret and misery of our northern towns, In this her life's last day, our poor, our pain, Our jangle of false wits, our climate's frowns, Do for this radiant Greek-soul'd artist cease; Sole object of her dying eyes remain The beauty and the glorious art of Greece. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE RABBI'S SON-IN-LAW by SABINE BARING-GOULD A LITTLE HISTORY by DAVID LEHMAN FOR I WILL CONSIDER YOUR DOG MOLLY by DAVID LEHMAN JEWISH GRAVEYARDS, ITALY by PHILIP LEVINE NATIONAL THOUGHTS by YEHUDA AMICHAI SOUNDS OF THE RESURRECTED DEAD MAN'S FOOTSTEPS (#3): 2. ANGEL ... by MARVIN BELL |
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