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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FAME, by SAMUEL VALENTINE COLE First Line: In pisa's baptistry the uttered word Last Line: In the vast silence that receiveth all. Subject(s): Pisa, Italy | |||
IN Pisa's baptistry the uttered word, Sent upward winged with music from the ground, Works in the dome a miracle of sound Most delicate, and all the air is stirred With its vibrations; till, like some sweet bird, Invisible, that circles round and round, Singing o'erhead, then seeks the heaven's profound, It flees away and is no longer heard. Thus, too, it is with word, or deed, or song, Caught up and echoed through time's ampler hall; It charms a while the listeners in the throng, But, with the days men never can recall, It faints, and fades, and vanishes erelong In the vast Silence that receiveth all. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AN INCIDENT AT PISA by RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES PISA: THE DUOMO by SILAS WEIR MITCHELL THE PASSING OF YOUTH by FREDERICK WILLIAM HENRY MYERS EVENING: PONTE A MARE, PISA by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY THE PINE FOREST OF THE CASCINE NEAR PISA (1ST DRAFT OF 'TO JANE') by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY |
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