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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CANZONE: HIS LAMENT FOR SELVAGGIA, by CINO DA PISTOIA First Line: Ay me, alas! The beautiful bright hair Last Line: O death, to let me live when she is dead? Alternate Author Name(s): Sinibaldi, Guittoncino Dei Subject(s): Italian Renaissance; Lament; Love | |||
AY me, alas! the beautiful bright hair That shed reflected gold O'er the green growths on either side of the way: Ay me! the lovely look, open and fair, Which my heart's core doth hold With all else of that best remembered day; Ay me! the face made gay With joy that Love confers; Ay me! that smile of hers Where whiteness as of snow was visible Among the roses at all seasons red! Ay me! and was this well, O Death, to let me live when she is dead? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INVENTION OF LOVE by MATTHEA HARVEY TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS A LOVE FOR FOUR VOICES: HOMAGE TO FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN by ANTHONY HECHT AN OFFERING FOR PATRICIA by ANTHONY HECHT LATE AFTERNOON: THE ONSLAUGHT OF LOVE by ANTHONY HECHT A SWEETENING ALL AROUND ME AS IT FALLS by JANE HIRSHFIELD MADRIGAL: TO HIS LADY SELVAGGIA VERGIOLESI by CINO DA PISTOIA SONNET: OF THE GRAVE OF SELVAGGIA, ON MONTE DELLA SAMBUCA by CINO DA PISTOIA |
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