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VIGNETTES OVERSEAS: 8. FLORENCE by SARA TEASDALE

Poet Analysis

First Line: THE BELLS RING OVER THE ARNO
Last Line: HE GIVES ETERNITY.
Subject(s): FLORENCE, ITALY;
The bells ring over the Arno,
Midnight, the long, long chime;
Here in the quivering darkness
I am afraid of time.

Oh, gray bells cease your tolling,
Time takes too much from me,
And yet to rock and river
He gives eternity.



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