Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CLOUDS (AGRO ROMANO), by WILLIAM SHARP Poet's Biography First Line: As though the dead cities Last Line: In the heights of heaven. Alternate Author Name(s): Macleod, Fiona Subject(s): Cities; Clouds; Heaven; Rome, Italy; Urban Life; Paradise | ||||||||
As though the dead cities Of the ancient time Were builded again In the heights of heaven, With spires of amber And golden domes, Wide streets of topaz and amethyst ways; Far o'er the pale blue waste, Oft purple-shadowed, Of the Agro Romano, Rises the splendid City of Cloud. There must the winds be soft as the twilight Invisibly falling when the day-star has wester'd; There must the rainbows trail up through the sunlight, So fair are the hues on those white snowy masses. Mountainous glories, They move superbly; Crumbling so slowly, That none perceives when The golden domes Are sunk in the valleys Of fathomless snow, Or when, in silence, The loftiest spires Fade into smoke, or as vapour that passeth When the hot breath of noon Thirsts through the firmament. Beautiful, beautiful, The City of Cloud, In splendour ruinous, With golden domes, And spires of amber, Builded superbly In the heights of heaven. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE END OF LIFE by PHILIP JAMES BAILEY SEVEN TWILIGHTS: 6 by CONRAD AIKEN THE BOOK OF THE DEAD MAN (#19): 2. MORE ABOUT THE DEAD MAN AND WINTER by MARVIN BELL THE WORLDS IN THIS WORLD by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR A SKELETON FOR MR. PAUL IN PARADISE; AFTER ALLAN GUISINGER by NORMAN DUBIE BEAUTY & RESTRAINT by DANIEL HALPERN HOW IT WILL HAPPEN, WHEN by DORIANNE LAUX |
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