Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE STATUE OF LORENZO DE MEDICI, by JAMES ERNEST NESMITH First Line: Mark me how still I am! The sound of feet Last Line: And he, not I, is here immortalized. Subject(s): Italy; Medici, Lorenzo De (1449-1492); Italians | ||||||||
MARK me how still I am! -- The sound of feet Unnumbered echoing through this vaulted hall, Or voices harsh, on me unheeded fall, Placed high in my memorial niche and seat, In cold and marble meditation meet Among proud tombs and pomp funereal Of rich sarcophagi and sculptured wall, -- In death's elaborate elect retreat. I was a Prince, -- this monument was wrought That I in honor might eternal stand; In vain, subdued by Buonarroti's hand, The conscious stone is pregnant with his thought; He to this brooding rock his fame devised, And he, not I, is here immortalized. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...1851: A MESSAGE TO DENMARK HILL by RICHARD HOWARD TONIGHT THE HEART-SHAPED LEAVES by JAN HELLER LEVI JEWISH GRAVEYARDS, ITALY by PHILIP LEVINE SAILING HOME FROM RAPALLO by ROBERT LOWELL SUNLIGHT AND SHADOW by LISEL MUELLER HOW DUKE VALENTINE CONTRIVED by BASIL BUNTING FRAGMENTS FROM ITALY: 1 by JOHN CIARDI THE WANTS OF MAN by JOHN QUINCY ADAMS |
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