Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A DREAM, AFTER READING DANTE'S EPISODE OF PAULO & FRANCESCA, by JOHN KEATS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: As hermes once took to his feathers light Last Line: I floated with, about that melancholy storm. Variant Title(s): Sonnet: On A Dream Subject(s): Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) | ||||||||
As Hermes once took to his feathers light, When lulled Argus, baffled, swoon'd and slept, So on a Delphic reed, my idle spright So play'd, so charm'd, so conquer'd, so bereft The dragon-world of all its hundred eyes; And, seeing it asleep, so fled away-- Not to pure Ida with its snow-cold skies, Nor unto Tempe where Jove griev'd a day; But to that second circle of sad hell, Where 'mid the gust, the whirlwind, and the flaw Of rain and hail-stones, lovers need not tell Their sorrows. Pale were the sweet lips I saw, Pale were the lips I kiss'd, and fair the form I floated with, about that melancholy storm. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A LITTLE LANGUAGE by ROBERT DUNCAN IN HELL WITH VIRG AND DAN: CANTO 17 by CAROLYN KIZER ON A PALMETTO by SIDNEY LANIER NATIONE NON MORIBUS (1265-1321) by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS TO DANTE by VITTORIO AMEDEO ALFIERI SONNET: INSCRIPTION FOR A PORTRAIT OF DANTE by GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO DANTE by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT |
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