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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON A NUN, by JACOPO VITTORELLI Poet's Biography First Line: Of two fair virgins, modest, though admired Last Line: And knock, and knock, and knock -- but none replies. Alternate Author Name(s): Vittorelli, Iacop Variant Title(s): Sonnet On A Nun Subject(s): Daughters; Death - Children; Nuns; Death - Babies | |||
OF two fair virgins, modest, though admired, Heaven made us happy; and now, wretched sires, Heaven for a nobler doom their worth desires, And, gazing upon either, both required. Mine, while the torch of Hymen newly fired Becomes extinguish'd, soon -- too soon -- expires; But thine, within the closing grate retired, Eternal captive, to her God aspires. But thou at least from out the jealous door, Which shuts between your never-meeting eyes, Mayst hear her sweet and pious voice once more: I to the marble, where my daughter lies, Rush, -- the swoln flood of bitterness I pour, And knock, and knock, and knock -- but none replies. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE LOST CHILDREN by RANDALL JARRELL THE MOURNER by LOUISE MOREY BOWMAN MELANCHOLY; AN ODE by WILLIAM BROOME SISTERS IN ARMS by AUDRE LORDE A BOTANICAL TROPE by WILLIAM MEREDITH FOR MOHAMMED ZEID OF GAZA, AGE 15 by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE THE ANACREONTICS: 1. by JACOPO VITTORELLI |
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