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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET, by ARTHUR HENRY HALLAM Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Lady, I bid thee to a sunny dome
Last Line: An english maiden and an english wife.
Subject(s): Tennyson, Emily Sellwood
First Line: Lady, I bid thee to a sunny dome
Last Line: An english maiden and an english wife.
Subject(s): Tennyson, Emily Sellwood
LADY, I bid thee to a sunny dome
Ringing with echoes of Italian song;
Henceforth to thee these magic halls belong,
And all the pleasant place is like a home.
Hark, on the right with full piano tone,
Old Dante's voice encircles all the air;
Hark yet again, like flute-tones mingling rare,
Comes the keen sweetness of Petrarca's moan.
Pass thou the lintel freely: without fear
Feast on the music: I do better know thee,
Than to suspect this pleasure thou dost owe me
Will wrong thy gentle spirit, or make less dear
That element whence thou must draw thy life --
An English maiden and an English wife.
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