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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET: OF ALL HE WOULD DO, by CECCO ANGIOLIERI DA SIENA Poet's Biography First Line: If I were fire, I'd burn the world away Last Line: And other folk should get the ugly ones. Subject(s): Italian Renaissance | |||
IF I were fire, I'd burn the world away; If I were wind, I'd turn my storms thereon; If I were water, I'd soon let it drown; If I were God, I'd sink it from the day; If I were Pope, I'd never feel quite gay Until there was no peace beneath the sun; If I were Emperor, what would I have done? I'd lop men's heads all around in my own way. If I were Death, I'd look my father up; If I were life, I'd run away from him; And treat my mother to like calls and runs. If I were Cecco (and that's all my hope), I'd pick the nicest girls to suit my whim, And other folk should get the ugly ones. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONNET TO GUIDO CAVALCANTI by DANTE ALIGHIERI SONNET OF HIS LADY IN HEAVEN by JACOPO DA LENTINO MADRIGAL: 109 by MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI SONNET: DANTE (1) by MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI TO GIOVANNI DA PISTOIA ON THE PAINTING OF THE SISTINE CHAPEL, 1509 by MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI OF CAUTION by FRANCESCO DA BARBERINI FRANCESCA DA RIMINI by GEORGE HENRY BOKER A SURVEY OF THE AMPHITHEATRE by MOSES BROWNE THE PHILOSOPHIC FLIGHT by GIORDANO BRUNO SONNET: IN ABSENCE FROM BECCHINA by CECCO ANGIOLIERI DA SIENA SONNET by CECCO ANGIOLIERI DA SIENA SONNET: HE RAILS AGAINST DANTE, WHO CENSURED HIS HOMAGE TO BECCHINA by CECCO ANGIOLIERI DA SIENA |
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