Classic and Contemporary Poetry
VIGNETTES OVERSEAS: 3. NAPLES, by SARA TEASDALE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Nisida and prosida are laughing in the light Last Line: Oh when god made italy he was gay and young! Alternate Author Name(s): Filsinger, Ernest B., Mrs. Subject(s): Naples, Italy | ||||||||
Nisida and Prosida are laughing in the light, Capri is a dewy flower lifting into sight, Posilipo kneels and looks in the burnished sea, Naples crowds her million roofs close as close can be; Round about the mountain's crest a flag of smoke is hung-- Oh when God made Italy he was gay and young! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONG FOR THE NEAPOLITANS by JOHN CHALK CLARIS SONNET ON THE SUBMISSION OF THE NEAPOLITANS by JOHN CHALK CLARIS EASTER DAY: NAPLES, 1849 by ARTHUR HUGH CLOUGH DA POSTA-CARD FROM NAPOLI by THOMAS AUGUSTINE DALY NAPLES AT SUNSET by ROWLAND EYLES EGERTON-WARBURTON NAPLES; A SONG OF THE SYREN by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS NEAPOLITAN by ALFRED FRANCIS KREYMBORG NAPLES IN THE TIME OF BOMBA by HERMAN MELVILLE |
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