Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ROMA, by GIOSUE CARDUCCI Poet's Biography First Line: Give to the wind thy locks; all glittering Last Line: Awake the tired ages and the world! Subject(s): Memory; Rome, Italy | ||||||||
Give to the wind thy locks; all glittering Thy sea-blue eyes, and thy white bosom bared, Mount to thy chariot, while in speechless roaring Terror and Force before thee clear the way! The shadow of thy helmet, like the flashing Of brazen star, strikes through the trembling air. The dust of broken empires, cloud-like rising, Follows the awful rumbling of thy wheels. So once, O Rome, beheld the conquered nations Thy image, object of their ancient dread. To-day a mitre they would place upon Thy head, and fold a rosary between Thy hands. O name! again to terrors old Awake the tired ages and the world! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THOSE GRAVES IN ROME by LARRY LEVIS ROMAN ELEGIES by JOSEPH BRODSKY ROMAN DIARY: 1951 by JOHN CIARDI VIGNETTES OVERSEAS: 7. ROME by SARA TEASDALE ROMANESQUE ARCHES by TOMAS TRANSTROMER AN APARTMENT WITH A VIEW by JOHN CIARDI MANIFEST DESTINY by JORIE GRAHAM |
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