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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SAN MARCO MUSEUM, FLORENCE, by SISTER MARIS STELLA Poet's Biography
First Line: San marco was as quiet on that day
Last Line: Were lit but for the spirit's eye and ear.
Alternate Author Name(s): Smith, Alice Gustava
Subject(s): Florence, Italy; Museums; Art Gallerys
First Line: San marco was as quiet on that day
Last Line: Were lit but for the spirit's eye and ear.
Alternate Author Name(s): Smith, Alice Gustava
Subject(s): Florence, Italy; Museums; Art Gallerys
San Marco was as quiet on that day
In the deep shadow of its cedar tree
As an old shrine. Pale yellow sunlight lay
Across the cloister garth, and one could see
Faintly within the shadow the dark stone
Where sandaled feet had worn with noiseless tread
A thousand paths and into silence gone.
Now strangers wandered through the convent, led
Like men in dreams to where on dimlit wall,
One sees at last from out that dimness grow
The Annunciation with the Virgin all
Mildness and grace, and Gabriel bowing low.
No prayers were chanted or no tapers here
Were lit but for the spirit's eye and ear.
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