Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GLIMPSES OF ITALY: 3. OLD STORY-TELLING, by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON Poet's Biography First Line: Heedless gay folk, lying at ease amid Last Line: To tales eternized by boccaccio. Subject(s): Boccaccio, Giovanni (1313-1375); Flowers; Gardens & Gardening | ||||||||
HEEDLESS gay folk, lying at ease amid The fruits and flowers, far above the town Whose evil case from them was duly hid By olive gardens stretching down and down; There, in the scented evenings long ago, They laughed and listened in the afterglow, To tales eternized by Boccaccio. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...NOVEMBER GARDEN: AN ELEGY by ANDREW HUDGINS AN ENGLISH GARDEN IN AUSTRIA (SEEN AFTER DER ROSENKAVALIER) by RANDALL JARRELL ACROSS THE BROWN RIVER by GALWAY KINNELL A DESERTED GARDEN by GEORGE LAWRENCE ANDREWS NOT THE SWEET CICELY OF GERARDES HERBALL by MARGARET AVISON AN OLD GARDEN by HERBERT BASHFORD BLACK SHEEP by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON |
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