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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IN THE ROMAN AMPHITHEATRE, VERONA, by HERBERT TRENCH Poet's Biography First Line: Two architects of italy - austere Last Line: Here on the empty sand, a banish'd man. Subject(s): Dante Alighieri (1265-1321); Roman Empire; Theater & Theaters | |||
TWO architects of Italy -- austere Men who could fashion nothing small -- refused To die with life; and for their purpose used This dim, this topless Amphitheatre. Some Caesar trench'd the orb of its ellipse And call'd on distant provinces to swell Resonant arches, whence his World could scan, Tier above tier, the fighters and the ships. But Dante, having raised, as dreamer can, Higher tenfold these walls immutable, Sole in the night arena, grew aware He was himself the thing spectacular Seized by the ever-thirsting gaze of Hell, Here on the empty sand, a banish'd man. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SOUNDS OF THE RESURRECTED DEAD MAN'S FOOTSTEPS (#20): 1. SHAKESPEARE by MARVIN BELL SOUNDS OF THE RESURRECTED DEAD MAN'S FOOTSTEPS (#20): 2. SHAKESPEARE by MARVIN BELL ELEGY IN A THEATRICAL WAREHOUSE by KENNETH FEARING LOGIC AND 'THE MAGIC FLUTE' (IMPRESSIONS OF A PREMIERE) by MARIANNE MOORE DEPRESSION DAYS (2) by PAT MORA BOY AND MOM AT THE NUTCRACKER BALLET by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE |
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