Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET: 9. DANTE AND VIRGIL, by HENRY CLARENCE KENDALL Poet's Biography First Line: When lost francesca sobbed her broken tale Last Line: A stately type of all his stately kind. Subject(s): Dante Alighieri (1265-1321); Virgil (70-19 B.c.); Vergil | ||||||||
When lost Francesca sobbed her broken tale Of love and sin and boundless agony, While that wan spirit by her side did wail And bite his lips for utter misery -- The grief which could not speak, nor hear, nor see -- So tender grew the superhuman face Of one who listened, that a mighty trace Of superhuman woe gave way, and pale The sudden light up-struggled to its place; While all his limbs began to faint and fail With such excess of pity. But, behind, The Roman Virgil stood -- the calm, the wise -- With not a shadow in his regal eyes, A stately type of all his stately kind. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IN HELL WITH VIRG AND DAN: CANTO 17 by CAROLYN KIZER DIDO OF TUNISIA by PHYLLIS MCGINLEY PUBLIUS VERGILUS MARO, THE MADISON AVENUE HICK by JOHN UPDIKE VIRGILS GNAT by EDMUND SPENSER AN EPISTLE: ADDRESSED TO SIR THOMAS HAMNER (1) by WILLIAM COLLINS (1721-1759) VIRGIDEMIAE: BOOK 1: SATIRE 6 by JOSEPH HALL ON A LEAF FROM THE TOMB OF VIRGIL by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS EPITAPH ON VIRGIL AND TIBULLUS by DOMITIUS MARSUS A DEATH IN THE BUSH by HENRY CLARENCE KENDALL |
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