Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ISOTTA (DETTA LA DIVINA), by ROBERT CAMERON ROGERS Poet's Biography First Line: Divae, isottae sacrum,' true Last Line: In rimini, beside her? Subject(s): God; Prayer; Religion; Saints; Theology | ||||||||
DIVAE Isottae Sacrum," true, And like a saint's inscription too, But really did she pray there? Could even she, without a smile, Kneel meekly in Alberti's aisle And Credo softly say there? Did she, ah brazen, dream to hide Her sins from Him they crucified, By graceful genuflexion? And that the glory of her face Would gain the flesh celestial grace Maugre the soul's rejection? Or did she come and, Aves said, Lift up that perfect Umbrian head That all should know her fair? And fair enough to shame them, too, Who called her damned, since well she knew Her God was debonair. "Quia multum amavit," haply she Long since hath found the living tree, With Magdalen to guide her. I wonder, is it purged away The charm, that drew all men to pray In Rimini, beside her? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MYSTIC BOUNCE by TERRANCE HAYES MATHEMATICS CONSIDERED AS A VICE by ANTHONY HECHT UNHOLY SONNET 11 by MARK JARMAN SHINE, PERISHING REPUBLIC by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE COMING OF THE PLAGUE by WELDON KEES A LITHUANIAN ELEGY by ROBERT KELLY THE ROSARY by ROBERT CAMERON ROGERS A HEALTH AT THE FORD by ROBERT CAMERON ROGERS A OUTRANCE (FRANCE, SEVENTEENTH CENTURY) by ROBERT CAMERON ROGERS |
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