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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET, by IMMANUEL OF ROME Poet's Biography First Line: My sweet gazelle! From thy bewitching eyes Last Line: Beside those eyes all other beauty's vain. Alternate Author Name(s): Immanuel Ben Solomon Of Rome; Immanuel Di Roma Subject(s): Jews; Judaism | |||
MY sweet gazelle! From thy bewitching eyes A glance thrills all my soul with wild delight, Unfathomed depths beam forth a world so bright— With rays of sun its sparkling splendor vies— One look within a mortal defies. Thy lips, the gates where through dawn wings its flight, Adorn a face suffused with royal light, Whose radiance puts to shame the vaulted skies. Two brilliant stars are they from heaven sent— Their charm I cannot otherwise explain— By God but for a little instant lent, Who gracious doth their lustrous glory deign, To teach those on pursuit of beauty bent, Beside those eyes all other beauty's vain. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE RABBI'S SON-IN-LAW by SABINE BARING-GOULD A LITTLE HISTORY by DAVID LEHMAN FOR I WILL CONSIDER YOUR DOG MOLLY by DAVID LEHMAN JEWISH GRAVEYARDS, ITALY by PHILIP LEVINE NATIONAL THOUGHTS by YEHUDA AMICHAI SOUNDS OF THE RESURRECTED DEAD MAN'S FOOTSTEPS (#3): 2. ANGEL ... by MARVIN BELL ITALIAN SONNET by IMMANUEL OF ROME |
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