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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DANTE AND ARIOSTO, by THOMAS EDWARD BROWN Poet's Biography First Line: If dante breathes on me his awful breath Last Line: "I whisper: -- ""ariosto, wait for me!" Alternate Author Name(s): Brown, T. E. Subject(s): Ariosto, Ludovico (1474-1533); Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) | |||
IF Dante breathes on me his awful breath, I rise and go; but I am sad as death -- I go; but, turning, who is that I see? I whisper: -- "Ariosto, wait for me!" | 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 A SERMON AT CLEVEDON; GOOD FRIDAY by THOMAS EDWARD BROWN |
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