Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FIAMMETTA: SONNET. OF HIS LAST SIGHT OF FIAMMETTA, by GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO Poet's Biography First Line: Round her red garland and her golden hair Last Line: I dwell, who fain would be where she is gone. Subject(s): Death; Dead, The | ||||||||
ROUND her red garland and her golden hair I saw a fire about Fiammetta's head; Thence to a little cloud I watched it fade, Than silver or than gold more brightly fair; And like a pearl that a gold ring doth bear, Even so an angel sat therein, who sped Alone and glorious throughout heaven, array'd In sapphires and in gold that lit the air. Then I rejoiced as hoping happy things, Who rather should have then discerned how God Had haste to make my lady all His own, Even as it came to pass. And with these stings Of sorrow, and with life's most weary load I dwell, who fain would be where she is gone. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND CYMON AND IPHIGENIA by GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO SIGISMONDA AND GUISCARDO by GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO SONNET: INSCRIPTION FOR A PORTRAIT OF DANTE by GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO |
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