@3"O, vedi Napoli,@1" (So the Italians say:) "@3E poi muori@1!" I have loved Italy, Lingered by Baiae's Bay, Pondered on Pompeii, Watched vivid flame-clouds fly Forth from Vesuvius, play Red on opacity, Roamed through, reflectively, (Climbing past Pirates' Way) Ravello's aërie, Seen Capri radiantly (Ouched by the waves' array) Smile up at moonlit sky: These things, and more, have I Looked on, by Night or Day, In their translucency. Yet all illusory Hills, Isle, Sea, City stay... What these sweet scenes deny You give incomparably— Naples, yourself, portray... @3"O, vedi Napoli, E poi muori!"@1 | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SISTER MARIA CELESTE, GALILEO'S DAUGHTER, WRITES TO FRIEND by MADELINE DEFREES LETTER TO JOSEPH WARREN by ROBERT FROST OMNIPRESENCE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON YOUNG LINCOLN by EDWIN MARKHAM |