Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON THE CAMPAGNA, by ELIZABETH DREW (BARSTOW) STODDARD Poet's Biography First Line: Stop on the appian way Last Line: Deep as the shadow of rome! Alternate Author Name(s): Stoddard, Richard, Mrs. Subject(s): Campagna Di Roma, Italy | ||||||||
STOP on the Appian Way, In the Roman Campagna; Stop at my tomb, The tomb of Cecilia Metella. To-day as you see it Alaric saw it, ages ago, When he, with his pale-visaged Goths, Sat at the gates of Rome, Reading his Runic shield. Odin, thy curse remains! Beneath these battlements My bones were stirred with Roman pride, Though centuries before my Romans died: Now my bones are dust; the Goths are dust. The river-bed is dry where sleeps the king, My tomb remains! When Rome commanded the earth Great were the Metelli: I was Metellus' wife; I loved him -- and I died. Then with slow patience built he this memorial: Each century marks his love. Pass by on the Appian Way The tomb of Cecilia Metella; Wild shepherds alone seek its shelter, Wild buffaloes tramp at its base. Deep is its desolation, Deep as the shadow of Rome! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A BABY SONG by ELIZABETH DREW (BARSTOW) STODDARD A SEA-SIDE IDYL by ELIZABETH DREW (BARSTOW) STODDARD A SUMMER NIGHT by ELIZABETH DREW (BARSTOW) STODDARD IN THE STILL, STAR-LIT NIGHT by ELIZABETH DREW (BARSTOW) STODDARD LAST DAYS by ELIZABETH DREW (BARSTOW) STODDARD MERCEDES by ELIZABETH DREW (BARSTOW) STODDARD NAMELESS PAIN by ELIZABETH DREW (BARSTOW) STODDARD NOVEMBER by ELIZABETH DREW (BARSTOW) STODDARD THE HOUSE OF YOUTH by ELIZABETH DREW (BARSTOW) STODDARD THE POET'S SECRET by ELIZABETH DREW (BARSTOW) STODDARD |
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