Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET (4), by JOACHIM DU BELLAY Poet's Biography First Line: How gravelye wise was that senatours counsaile Last Line: Raisinge debate, twixte great pompey and caesar. Alternate Author Name(s): Du Bellay, Joachim Subject(s): Rome, Italy | ||||||||
How gravelye wise was that Senatours counsaile who fearinge leaste Idlenes a foe to Courage Woolde breede unfitt people for warr and travayle advysede nott to rase the walles off Carthage Hee tymelye foresawe the pride of Romayne youth who wantinge the exercyse off forrayne warres Impatient throughe pleasure and pamperinge slouth woulde breake forth at laste to strife and cyvell Jarrs So fares itt ofte in an ydle natione as in a Bodye where humors do abownde For lyke a disease engendreth ambytion which error (oh Rome) did the and thyn confownd When thon woolde no peare, thother no Superioure Raisinge debate, twixte great Pompey and Caesar. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THOSE GRAVES IN ROME by LARRY LEVIS ROMAN ELEGIES by JOSEPH BRODSKY ROMAN DIARY: 1951 by JOHN CIARDI VIGNETTES OVERSEAS: 7. ROME by SARA TEASDALE ROMANESQUE ARCHES by TOMAS TRANSTROMER AN APARTMENT WITH A VIEW by JOHN CIARDI MANIFEST DESTINY by JORIE GRAHAM RUINES OF ROME by JOACHIM DU BELLAY RUINES OF ROME by JOACHIM DU BELLAY |
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