Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ITALY, by ARTHUR PETERSON Poet's Biography First Line: Enchanted italy! Fair, sunny land! Last Line: And see thy treasures, glorious italy. Subject(s): Italy; Italians | ||||||||
Enchanted Italy! Fair, sunny land! How often, in my dreams, I've lightly strayed Beneath thy olive-orchards' trembling shade, And felt my brow by thy soft breezes fanned: How often gazed upon thy magic sky, And breathed the wild magnolia's sweet perfume, While close at hand the aloe lifts its plume, And orange-blossoms in the pathway lie: And sweetly sing the birds their melodies, Till gentle night lets fall her veil of love; And, while the stars glow tenderly above, The mellow moonlight quivers through the trees. Perchance these visions may prophetic be, And some day through thy gardens I may roam, Beneath thy cloudless skies may make my home, And see thy treasures, glorious Italy. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...1851: A MESSAGE TO DENMARK HILL by RICHARD HOWARD TONIGHT THE HEART-SHAPED LEAVES by JAN HELLER LEVI JEWISH GRAVEYARDS, ITALY by PHILIP LEVINE SAILING HOME FROM RAPALLO by ROBERT LOWELL SUNLIGHT AND SHADOW by LISEL MUELLER HOW DUKE VALENTINE CONTRIVED by BASIL BUNTING FRAGMENTS FROM ITALY: 1 by JOHN CIARDI A CLOUD FANCY by ARTHUR PETERSON |
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