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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EN TOUR; A SONG SEQUENCE: 3. GENOA, by ALBERTA BANCROFT First Line: And have you been to genoa Last Line: With a hundred years' supplies. Subject(s): Flying Dutchman (ship); Genoa, Italy | |||
And have you been to Genoa, To Genoa, to Genoa, Its shining marble palaces In layers round the hills? You've but to hear the name of it -- Oh, proud and lovely Genoa! -- To have it touch the heart of you With glorifying thrills. The little, crowded, crooked streets, The endless stairs in Genoa, The shipping and the harbors, Both the old one and the new -- There's not a word about the ships Crowding into Genoa But you can safely listen to And know that it is true. * * * * * I met the Flying Dutchman Upon the streets of Genoa. We chatted for a moment Of the weather and the Horn; And before we left -- this happened once In proud and shining Genoa -- He showed me a small picture Of the place where he was born. The Flying Dutchman, you could see, Was quite at home in Genoa; He said -- and looking at him I could scarce believe my eyes -- This was, he thought, the seventh time He had put in to Genoa To stock his little vessel With a hundred years' supplies. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...GENOA AND THE MEDITERRANEAN by THOMAS HARDY NIGHT-SCENE IN GENOA by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS THREE FACES: 2. GENOA by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE SONNET WRITTEN IN HOLY WEEK AT GENOA by OSCAR WILDE GENOA by AUBREY THOMAS DE VERE |
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