Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PAURA NON E NELLA CARITA, by GEORGE HERBERT CLARKE First Line: The place, a tuscan churchyard, and the time Last Line: And smile to hear the fatal words she saith! Subject(s): Autumn; Cemeteries; Death; Messages & Messengers; Seasons; Tuscany, Italy; Fall; Graveyards; Dead, The | ||||||||
THE place, a Tuscan churchyard, and the time, Languorous autumn, and late afternoon; The silence of surrender; the solemn moon, Pale ghost of some unexpiated Crime, Viewing the sun's recessional sublime Austerely; while the shadowy lagoon Trembles along the surface, ceasing soon As to the whisper of an alien clime. But who are these, unheeding the chill gloom, That move along the avenues of Death, Or idly pause before some ancient tomb, Where each, to hold the other, lingereth? Ah, only lovers can bear the eyes of Doom, And smile to hear the fatal words she saith! | 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 A CHILD'S EVENING HYMN by GEORGE HERBERT CLARKE |
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