Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON A LEAF FROM THE TOMB OF VIRGIL, by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: And was thy home, pale withered thing Last Line: Like his whose dust hath made that spot a shrine? Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, Felicia Dorothea Subject(s): Graves; Virgil (70-19 B.c.); Tombs; Tombstones; Vergil | ||||||||
AND was thy home, pale withered thing, Beneath the rich blue southern sky? Wert thou a nursling of the spring, The winds and suns of glorious Italy? Those suns in golden light e'en now, Look o'er the poet's lovely grave; Those winds are breathing soft, but thou Answering their whisper, there no more shalt wave. The flowers o'er Posilippo's brow May cluster in their purple bloom, But on the o'ershadowing ilex-bough, Thy breezy place is void by Virgil's tomb. Thy place is void; oh! none on earth, This crowded earth, may so remain, Save that which souls of loftiest birth Leave when they part, their brighter home to gain. Another leaf, ere now, hath sprung On the green stem which once was thine; When shall another strain be sung Like his whose dust hath made that spot a shrine? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IN HELL WITH VIRG AND DAN: CANTO 17 by CAROLYN KIZER DIDO OF TUNISIA by PHYLLIS MCGINLEY PUBLIUS VERGILUS MARO, THE MADISON AVENUE HICK by JOHN UPDIKE VIRGILS GNAT by EDMUND SPENSER AN EPISTLE: ADDRESSED TO SIR THOMAS HAMNER (1) by WILLIAM COLLINS (1721-1759) VIRGIDEMIAE: BOOK 1: SATIRE 6 by JOSEPH HALL SONNET: 9. DANTE AND VIRGIL by HENRY CLARENCE KENDALL EPITAPH ON VIRGIL AND TIBULLUS by DOMITIUS MARSUS A DIRGE (1) by FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS |
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